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| Attribute | Uchinoura Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Iranian Space Agency (ISA) / IRGC Aerospace Force | JAXA | Roscosmos |
| Ownership | Military | Government | Government |
| Region | 🇮🇷 Iran | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Launch pads | — | 1 orbital (M-V pad, reconfigured for Epsilon-S)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — |
| Annual launches | 1-3 | 1–2as of [1] | 3-5 ↑ Most active |
| 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 | 2008 | 1970-02-11as of [1]Ohsumi — Japan's first satellite; first satellite launched by a non-superpower | 2016 |
| Regulatory regime | Iranian Space Agency (ISA) civil; IRGC Aerospace Force military; subject to UN Security Council Resolution 2231 missile-technology restrictions and US OFAC / EU sanctions blocking all Western commercial engagement | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) | Roscosmos (Russian federal jurisdiction, no foreign lease) |
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