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Osaki Launch Complex
A launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.24 launches have flown from it since September 1975, 23 of 24 successfully.
Launches
24
Success rate
95.8% 23/24
Failures
1
First flight
1975-09-09
Latest flight
1992-02-11
Busiest year
1981 2 flights
Fastest turnaround
154d 3h 37m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 30.3994° N
130.9702° E - Status
- Active
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Pad operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- LL2 pad tally
- 24 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
3 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1975Peak 1981, 2 launches1992
Orbits delivered
3 destinationsGeostationary Orbit 15Low Earth Orbit 8Sun-Synchronous Orbit 1
Flight record
24 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-02-11 | H-1 | Fuyo 1 | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1991-08-25 | H-1 | Yuri 3B | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1990-08-28 | H-1 | Yuri 3A | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1990-02-07 | H-1 | Momo 1b | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1989-09-05 | H-1 | Himawari 4 | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1988-09-16 | H-1 | Sakura 3B | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1988-02-19 | H-1 | Sakura 3A | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1987-08-27 | H-1 | Kiku 5 | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1987-02-19 | N-2 | Momo 1a | N-2 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-08-12 | H-1 | Ajisai | H-1 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-02-12 | N-2 | Yuri 2B | N-2 | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1984-08-02 | N-2 | Himawari 3 | N-2 | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1984-01-23 | N-2 | Yuri 2A | N-2 | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1983-08-05 | N-2 | Sakura 2B | N-2 | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1983-02-04 | N-2 | Sakura 2A | N-2 | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1982-09-03 | N-I | Kiku-4 | N-I | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-08-10 | N-2 | Himawari 2 | N-2 | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1981-02-11 | N-2 | Kiku-3 | N-2 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1980-02-22 | N-I | Ayame 2 | N-I | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1979-02-06 | N-I | Ayame | N-I | – | Geostationary Orbit | Failure |
| 1978-02-16 | N-I | Ume 2 | N-I | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-02-23 | N-I | Kiku 2 | N-I | – | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1976-02-29 | N-I | Ume 1 | N-I | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1975-09-09 | N-I | Kiku-1 | N-I | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.