What is Tanegashima Space Center?
[[File:Osaki_Range.jpg|thumb|A view overlooking the Osaki Range and Tanegashima Space Center.]] The '''Tanegashima Space Center''' (種子島宇宙センター, Tanegashima Uchū Sentā) ('''TNSC''') is the largest rocket-launch complex in [[Japan]]. Its area is about 9.7 square kilometers. It is on the southeast coast of [[Tanegashima]], an island about 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of [[Kyushu]]. It was established in 1969 when the [[National Space Development Agency of Japan]] (NASDA) began, and is now run by [[JAXA]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-10-29|title=JAXA {{!}} New JAXA Philosophy and Corporate Slogan|url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/10/20131009_jaxa_e.html|access-date=2021-10-10|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191850/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/10/20131009_jaxa_e.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> [[File:H2A11001.jpg|thumb|The launch of [[H-IIA]] Flight 11 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center, 2006.]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Japan]] [[Category:Kagoshima Prefecture]] [[Category:Spaceports]]