Chofu Aerospace Center
Development facility of JAXA
調布航空宇宙センター | |
JAXA Head Office | |
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Formed | 1962 |
Jurisdiction | Japanese government |
Headquarters | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
Parent agency | JAXA |
Website | [1] |
Chōfu Aerospace Center (調布航空宇宙センター, Chōfu Kōkū-uchū senta) is the headquarters and main development facility for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The Chōfu Aerospace Center concentrates on aerospace engineering research and development, and is equipped with test facilities including several wind tunnels, materials test facilities, flight simulators, engine test stands and a supercomputer.
References
- Harvey, Brian. Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South America. Springer (2011) ISBN 1441908749
External links
- JAXA official home page Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Into the Sky, into the Space, into the Future on YouTube Official JAXA channel
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency facilities
- Tanegashima Space Center
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex
- Uchinoura Space Center
- Chofu Aerospace Center
- Tsukuba Space Center
- Sagamihara Campus (Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center)
- Kakuda Space Center
- Noshiro Rocket Testing Center
- Taiki Aerospace Research Field
- Nagoya Flight Research Center [ja]
- Earth Observation Center
- Usuda Deep Space Center
- Katsuura Tracking and Communications Station [ja]
- Masuda Tracking and Communications Station [ja]
- Okinawa Tracking and Communications Station [ja]
- Ogasawara Downrange Station [ja]
35°40′43″N 139°33′31″E / 35.6787°N 139.5587°E / 35.6787; 139.5587
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