Tanegashima Space Center

The Tanegashima Space Center is 's primary spaceport, covering approximately about 9.7 million square metres. It is located on the southeastern tip of , the easternmost of the , approximately 40 kilometers south of the major island of .
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  • Type: Spaceport
  • Description: rocket-launch complex in Japan
  • Also known as: “Centre Espacial Tanegashima”, “Centro Espacial Tanegashima”, “Centrum Kosmiczne Tanegashima”, “Kosmodrom Tanegashima”, “Kozmické centrum Tanegašima”, “Pusat Luar Angkasa Tanegashima”, “Raumfahrtbahnhof Tanegashima”, “Raumfahrtzentrum Tanegashima”, “Tanegašima”, “Tatnegashima Uchu Center”, “Tatnegashima Uchū Center”, “TNSC”, “Weltraumbahnhof Tanegashima”, “Weltraumzentrum Tanegashima”, “ტანეგაშიმას კოსმოდრომი”, “ტანეგაშიმას კოსმოსური ცენტრი”, “다네가시마 우주센터”, “種子島太空中心”, “種子島宇宙センタ”, and “鹿儿岛航天中心”
  • Address: 字麻津, 南種子町, 鹿児島県 891-3793
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Osaki Launch Complex and Space Museum.

is a rocket launch site located… is situated 1 km northeast of Tanegashima Space Center.

Museum
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is situated 2 km south of Tanegashima Space Center.

Photo: Naritama, CC BY 2.1 jp.
is a rocket launch site… is situated 1½ km northeast of Tanegashima Space Center.

Tanegashima Space Center

Latitude
30.39381° or 30° 23′ 38″ north
Longitude
130.96182° or 130° 57′ 43″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Operator
JAXA
Open location code
8Q2G9XV6+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 661867549
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­spaceport
Geo­Names ID
10147371
Wiki­data ID
Q742683
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tanegashima Space Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز تانيغاشيما الفضائي”
  • Belarusian: “Касмічны цэнтр Танегасіма”
  • Bengali: “তানেগাশিমা মহাকাশ কেন্দ্র”
  • Bulgarian: “Космически център Танигашима”
  • Catalan: “Centre Espacial de Tanegashima”
  • Catalan: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Central Kurdish: “ناوەندی بۆشاییی تانیگاشیما”
  • Chinese: “种子岛宇宙中心”
  • Chinese: “種子島宇宙中心”
  • Czech: “Kosmické centrum Tanegašima”
  • Czech: “kosmodrom Tanegašima”
  • Dutch: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Esperanto: “Tanegaŝima-Kosmocentro”
  • Estonian: “Tanegashima kosmosekeskus”
  • Finnish: “Tanegashiman avaruuskeskus”
  • French: “Base de lancement de Tanegashima”
  • French: “Centre spatial de Tanegashima”
  • Georgian: “ტანეგასიმას კოსმოსური ცენტრი”
  • Georgian: “ტანეგაშიმის კოსმოსური ცენტრი”
  • German: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז החלל טנגשימה”
  • Hungarian: “Tanegasima Űrközpont”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Antariksa Tanegashima”
  • Italian: “Centro spaziale di Tanegashima”
  • Japanese: “Tanegashima Uchū Sentā”
  • Japanese: “たねがしまうちゅうせんたー”
  • Japanese: “種子島宇宙センター”
  • Korean: “다네가시마 우주 센터”
  • Latvian: “Tanegasimas kosmosa centrs”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Nepali: “तनेगसिमा अन्तरिक्ष केन्द्र”
  • Persian: “مرکز فضایی تانیگاشیما”
  • Polish: “Centrum Lotów Kosmicznych Tanegashima”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Espacial de Tanegashima”
  • Russian: “Космический центр Танегасима”
  • Russian: “Космический центр Танэгасима”
  • Slovak: “Tanegašima učú sentá”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljsko središče Tanegašima”
  • Spanish: “Centro Espacial de Tanegashima”
  • Swedish: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Tamil: “தனேகஷிமா விண்வெளி மையம்”
  • Turkish: “Tanegashima Uzay Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Космічний центр Танегасіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Космічний центр Танеґасіма”

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