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Japanese launch complex

Osaki Launch Complex

Launch site

Tanegashima

Coordinates

30°23′55″N 130°58′07″E / 30.398551°N 130.968644°E / 30.398551; 130.968644

Operator

NASDA (former)
JAXA

Total launches

Launch pad(s)

Launch history
Status	Retired
First launch	9 September 1975 N-I (Kiku 1)
Last launch	11 February 1996 J-I (HYFLEX)
Associated rockets	N-I, N-II, H-I, J-I

Osaki Launch Complex is a rocket launch site at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima.

The site was originally built for the N-I rocket and was later used for N-II, H-I and J-I launches.

The facility was originally built in the early 1970s to support launches of the N-I rocket and would later receive modifications to support the N-II and H-I. It was extensively renovated in the early 1990s to support the J-I rocket, however it was only ever launched once before the program was cancelled. The Osaki complex was next used in November 1998 for a separation test on a SRB-A, used on the H-IIA launch vehicle.

The site was deactivated in the mid-1990s in favor of the newer Yoshinobu Launch Complex located north of the Osaki Launch Complex.

References

"Overview of the Tanegashima Space Center" (PDF). JAXA. December 2005. p. 8. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

v t e Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency facilities
Spaceports	Tanegashima Space Center Osaki Launch Complex Yoshinobu Launch Complex Uchinoura Space Center
Research and testing	Chofu Aerospace Center Tsukuba Space Center Sagamihara Campus (Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center) Kakuda Space Center Noshiro Rocket Testing Center Taiki Aerospace Research Field Nagoya Flight Research Center [ja]
Tracking and communications	Earth Observation Center Usuda Deep Space Center Katsuura Tracking and Communications Station [ja] Masuda Tracking and Communications Station [ja] Okinawa Tracking and Communications Station [ja] Ogasawara Downrange Station [ja]

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