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| Attribute | Uchinoura Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | SPACE COTAN Inc. | Highlands and Islands Enterprise / Orbex | JAXA |
| Ownership | Private | Public-Private | Government |
| Region | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Launch pads | — | — | 1 orbital (M-V pad, reconfigured for Epsilon-S)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 2-4 ↑ Most active | 0 | 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 | 2021 | 2023 | 1970-02-11as of [1]Ohsumi — Japan's first satellite; first satellite launched by a non-superpower |
| Regulatory regime | Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023); MEXT licensing | UK CAA under the Space Industry Act 2018; planning consent granted Aug 2022 by Highland Council | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) |
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