Taiki Aerospace Research Field
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Taiki Aerospace Research Field is an aerodrome of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is located within the Taiki Multi-Purpose Aerospace Park (大樹町多目的航空公園) of Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan . It is used, among other things, for scientific balloon launches.
Facilities
JAXA's Aeronautical Technology Directorate and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) use the following facilities:[1]
- Flight Test Building
- Flight Control Building
- JAXA's Hangar
- Balloon Operation Building
- Weather Observation Equipment
- Handling Area
- Sliding Launcher for a Scientific Balloon
Hokkaido Spaceport
Rocket launch pad of Interstellar Technologies (IST) resides next to the field. In April 2021, a plan to expand the park to build a private sector spaceport, Hokkaido Spaceport (ja), was announced.[2] The launch pad currently used by IST for the sounding rockets is called Launch Complex-0. Launch Complex-1, the new launch pad for orbital launch is planned to be available in JFY2023, and another pad Launch Complex-2 is planned in JFY2025.[2] The current 1000-meter runway is planned to be extended to 1300 m, and also possibility of new 3000 m runway in future.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "JAXA | Taiki Aerospace Research Field" (in en). https://global.jaxa.jp/about/centers/taiki/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Japanese). MONOist. 23 April 2021. https://monoist.atmarkit.co.jp/mn/articles/2104/22/news043.html. - ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Japanese). Mynavi. 23 April 2021. https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20210423-1876915/.
External links
- Taiki Aerospace Research Field, JAXA
- 大樹町多目的航空公園, Taiki Town. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
- Hokkaido Spaceport
[ ⚑ ] 42°30′00″N 143°26′29″E / 42.5°N 143.44139°E
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