In April, 1955, the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, conducted an experiment to launch the 23 cm-long Pencil rocket. This was Japan's first step toward the completion of the ...
Usuda Deep Space Center was founded to transmit operation commands to deep-space explorers and to receive observation data from explorers. The location was chosen for its environment to receive faint ...
Sagamihara Campus was opened in April 1989 as the main facility of the former ISAS. Amid quiet surroundings with a view of Tanzawa Mountains in the distance, the campus contains the ...
The small scientific satellite INDEX was launched from the Baikonur Space Center, a Russian operated center located in the Republic of Kazakhstan, at 3:10 a.m. on August 24, 2005 (Japan standard time) ...