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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: “Tatnegashima Uchu Center”, “Tatnegashima Uchū Center”, and “TNSC”
  • Address: 字麻津, 南種子町, 鹿児島県 891-3793
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Osaki Launch Complex and Space Museum.

is a rocket launch site located at the Tanegashima Space Center on the island of . Initially constructed for the N-I rocket, the complex was subsequently utilized for N-II, H-I and J-I launches. is situated 1 km northeast of Tanegashima Space Center.

Museum
Photo: みっち, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km south of Tanegashima Space Center.

Photo: Naritama, CC BY 2.1 jp.
is a rocket launch site at the Tanegashima Space Center on . The site and its collection of facilities were originally built for the H-II launch vehicle and later used for H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 launches. 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: “Centre Espacial Tanegashima”
  • Catalan: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Catalan: “Tanegashima Uchū Sentā”
  • Catalan: “種子島宇宙センタ”
  • Central Kurdish: “ناوەندی بۆشاییی تانیگاشیما”
  • Chinese: “种子岛宇宙中心”
  • Chinese: “種子島太空中心”
  • Chinese: “種子島宇宙中心”
  • Chinese: “鹿儿岛航天中心”
  • Czech: “Kosmické centrum Tanegašima”
  • Czech: “kosmodrom Tanegašima”
  • Czech: “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”
  • French: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Georgian: “ტანეგასიმას კოსმოსური ცენტრი”
  • Georgian: “ტანეგაშიმას კოსმოდრომი”
  • Georgian: “ტანეგაშიმას კოსმოსური ცენტრი”
  • Georgian: “ტანეგაშიმის კოსმოსური ცენტრი”
  • German: “Raumfahrtbahnhof Tanegashima”
  • German: “Raumfahrtzentrum Tanegashima”
  • German: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • German: “Weltraumbahnhof Tanegashima”
  • German: “Weltraumzentrum Tanegashima”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז החלל טנגשימה”
  • Hungarian: “Tanegasima Űrközpont”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Antariksa Tanegashima”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Luar Angkasa Tanegashima”
  • Indonesian: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Italian: “Centro spaziale di Tanegashima”
  • Italian: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Japanese: “Tanegashima Uchū Sentā”
  • Japanese: “TNSC”
  • 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”
  • Korean: “다네가시마 우주센터”
  • Latvian: “Tanegasimas kosmosa centrs”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Nepali: “तनेगसिमा अन्तरिक्ष केन्द्र”
  • Persian: “مرکز فضایی تانیگاشیما”
  • Polish: “Centrum Kosmiczne Tanegashima”
  • Polish: “Centrum Lotów Kosmicznych Tanegashima”
  • Polish: “Kosmodrom Tanegashima”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Espacial de Tanegashima”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Espacial Tanegashima”
  • Russian: “Космический центр Танегасима”
  • Russian: “Космический центр Танэгасима”
  • Slovak: “Kozmické centrum Tanegašima”
  • Slovak: “Tanegashima Space Center”
  • Slovak: “Tanegašima učú sentá”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljsko središče Tanegašima”
  • Spanish: “Centro Espacial de Tanegashima”
  • Spanish: “Centro Espacial 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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