Tsukuba Space Center

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H-II missile on the TKSC site
The ISS module Kibō during tests in a water tank

Tsukuba Space Center - TKSC ( Japanese 筑波 宇宙 セ ン タ ー Tsukuba uchū sentā , German ' Tsukuba Space Center ' ) is a control, research and development center operated by the Japanese space agency JAXA in the Japanese city of Tsukuba near Tokyo .

Opened in 1972, the facility accommodates a core area of ​​Japanese space travel on more than 500,000 m². Satellites and rockets are being developed on the site. Here was u. a. the Japanese module Kibō for the international space station ISS . Japanese astronauts are also trained here. The control center is also located here, from which Japanese satellites and space transporters such as the HTV are controlled and monitored. The severe earthquake in March 2011 also caused severe damage in Tsukuba, so that operations at the space center were temporarily suspended. There is also an exhibition hall on the site where visitors and a. Models of Japanese spacecraft are presented.

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