Chofu Aerospace Center

Chofu Aerospace Center
調布航空宇宙センター
	; JAXA Head Office
Agency overview
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

35°40′43″N 139°33′31″E / 35.6787°N 139.5587°E / 35.6787; 139.5587

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Spaceports	Tanegashima Space Center Osaki Launch Complex Yoshinobu Launch Complex Uchinoura Space Center
Research and testing	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]
Tracking and communications	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]