Uchinoura Space Center
JAXA Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima is a rocket-launch and satellite-tracking complex where sounding rockets and Epsilon vehicles are launched and tracked. Its antennas send and receive spacecraft data, while the free Space Science Museum displays rocket and scientific-satellite models and past experiment materials.
Identity
- Name
- Uchinoura Space Center
- Region
- ASIA
- Type
- spaceport
Details
- Description
- JAXA Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima is a rocket-launch and satellite-tracking complex where sounding rockets and Epsilon vehicles are launched and tracked. Its antennas send and receive spacecraft data, while the free Space Science Museum displays rocket and scientific-satellite models and past experiment materials.
- Latitude
- 31.25430804
- Location
- Longitude
- 131.078392333
- Operational Status
- operational
- Ownership
- government