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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Tanegashima Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | ISRO | BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency) / former LAPAN | JAXA |
| Ownership | Government | Government | Government |
| Region | 🇮🇳 India | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Launch pads | — | — | 2 (Yoshinobu Launch Complex: LP-1 H-IIA/B, LP-2 H3)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0 | 0 | 2–4as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | — | 16,500 kg to LEO (H3-24L variant)as of [1]H3 first successful orbital flight February 2024 ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2025 | 2006 | 1975-09-09as of [1]ETS-1 (Kiku) on N-I rocket — Japan's first domestically-launched satellite |
| Regulatory regime | IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre) | Indonesian Aerospace Law (Law 21/2013); BRIN under Presidential Regulation. No active launch-licensing regime — would require new statute. | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) |
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