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| Attribute | Uchinoura Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) + Government of Djibouti | Roscosmos | JAXA |
| Ownership | International Consortium | Government | Government |
| Region | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Launch pads | — | — | 1 orbital (M-V pad, reconfigured for Epsilon-S)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0 (under construction) | 3-5 ↑ Most active | 1–2as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | — | 700 kg to SSO (Epsilon-S target)as of [1]Epsilon-S return-to-flight following 2022 failure under investigation ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2023 | 2016 | 1970-02-11as of [1]Ohsumi — Japan's first satellite; first satellite launched by a non-superpower |
| Regulatory regime | Djibouti national authority (regulatory framework under development); subject to international scrutiny via Wassenaar Arrangement and Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) given PRC-linked sponsor | Roscosmos (Russian federal jurisdiction, no foreign lease) | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) |
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