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| Attribute | Uchinoura Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | JAXA | Spaceport Cornwall / Cornwall Council | Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) |
| Ownership | Government | Public-Private | Military |
| Region | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Launch pads | 1 orbital (M-V pad, reconfigured for Epsilon-S)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — | — |
| Annual launches | 1–2as of [1] | 0-1 | Multiple test campaigns/year (classified) |
| 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 | 1970-02-11as of [1]Ohsumi — Japan's first satellite; first satellite launched by a non-superpower | 2021 | 1957 |
| Regulatory regime | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) | UK CAA under the Space Industry Act 2018; horizontal-launch range license (2022) | Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) + Swedish Ministry of Defence; coordinated airspace closures with EU/EASA |
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