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| Attribute | Tanegashima Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | JAXA | Maritime Launch Services Ltd. (TSX-V: MAXC) |
| Ownership | Government | Private |
| Region | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Launch pads | 2 (Yoshinobu Launch Complex: LP-1 H-IIA/B, LP-2 H3)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — |
| Annual launches | 2–4as of [1] | 0 (target 1–3 by 2028) ↑ Most active |
| 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 | 1975-09-09as of [1]ETS-1 (Kiku) on N-I rocket — Japan's first domestically-launched satellite | 2023 |
| Regulatory regime | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) | Transport Canada / Canadian Space Agency (CSA) / NAV CANADA — Canada's first commercial orbital launch regulatory regime, still being codified |
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