Tanegashima Space Center
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The Tanegashima Space Center is Japan's primary spaceport, covering approximately about 9.7 million square metres. It is located on the southeastern tip of Tanegashima, the easternmost of the Ōsumi Is
Osaki range with the Yoshinobu Launch Complex in the distance
Yoshinobu LA-Y1
H-IIA Flight 13 (Kaguya) launch from LA-Y1, 2007
H-IIA Flight 23 (GPM) rollout to LA-Y1, 2014
Tanegashima
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Tanegashima is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 444.99 km2 in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands, and has a population of 33,000 people. Acc
Tanegashima Space Center
…is Japan's primary spaceport, covering approximately about 9.7 million square metres (2,400 acres; 970 ha). It is located on the southeastern tip of Tanegashima, the easternmost of the Ōsumi Islands, approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of the major island of Kyushu. The site was selected on May 24, 1966…
NASA photo of Tanegashima
Tanegashima is the easternmost of the Ōsumi Islands, just south of the major island of Kyushu
First Westerners in Japan in 1542
Nishinoomote City on Tanegashima