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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JAXA

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.

Type
Government
Founded
2003
Led by
Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa
Launches
37
Success rate
89.2%
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Latest launches

DateMissionSiteRocketResult
H-IIA 202 | GOSAT-GW (Ibuki GW) Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
Epsilon | RAISE-3 & others Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Epsilon Failure
Epsilon | RAISE-2 & others Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Epsilon Success
Epsilon | RAPIS-1 & others Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Epsilon Success
H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 6 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
SS-520-5 | TRICOM-1R Uchinoura Space Center, Japan SS-520-5 Success
Epsilon | ASNARO-2 Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Epsilon Success
SS-520-4 | TRICOM-1 Uchinoura Space Center, Japan SS-520-4 Failure
Epsilon | ERG (ARASE) Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Epsilon Success
Epsilon | Hisaki (SPRINT-A) Uchinoura Space Center, Japan Epsilon Success
H-IIA 202 | IGS-Optical 3 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
H-IIA 202 | GOSAT Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
H-IIA 2024 | Kizuna Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Success
H-IIA 2022 | Kaguya Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2022 Success
H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar 2 & IGS Optical 3V Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Success
H-IIA 204 | Kiku-8 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 204 Success
M-V | Hinode Uchinoura Space Center, Japan M-V Success
H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 2 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
M-V | Akari Uchinoura Space Center, Japan M-V Success
H-IIA 2024 | Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2) Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Success
H-IIA 2022 | Daichi Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2022 Success
M-V | Suzaku Uchinoura Space Center, Japan M-V Success
H-IIA 2022 | Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R) Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2022 Success
H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar (2) & IGS Optical (2) Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Failure
H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar 1 & IGS Optical 1 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Success
H-IIA 202 | Midori-2 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
H-IIA 2024 | USERS & DRTS Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Success
H-IIA 2024 | Tsubasa Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 2024 Success
H-IIA 202 | LRE Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-IIA 202 Success
H-II | MTSAT Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Failure
H-II | Kakehashi Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Success
H-II | TRMM & ETS 7 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Success
H-II | Midori Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Success
H-II | SFU & Himawari 5 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Success
H-II | Kiku-6 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Success
H-II | Myojo & Ryusei Tanegashima Space Center, Japan H-II Success

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