Facilities

Research/Administration Buildings
The heart of ISAS activities, these buildings comprise the Executive Director's Office, Management and Integration Department, library, conference halls, exhibition space and research rooms/laboratories.

Research Center Building
The center's Large Computer Room and Operations Control Room link with Usuda and Uchinoura ground control stations to control scientific satellites and explorers.

Here we test the strength and rigidity of rocket elements and satellite structures, the functions of rocket interstage joints and nose fairings, etc.

We run performance and function tests for scientific satellites and sounding rockets here. Tests for vibration, shock, dynamic balance, etc., are conducted in the Mechanical Environmental Testing Room in this building, which is also equipped with a Magnetic Shield Room, Space Chamber, Radio Anechoic Chamber, and Scientific Satellite Assembly Room (clean room).

This building houses various types of wind tunnels, a space plasma experiment facility, cosmic radiation experiment facility, particle calibration instrument, weightless drop test facility, etc. With these functions and capabilities, the Experiment Facility Building has been a constant creator of innovative ideas and state-of-the-art technologies that will contribute to future exploration plans.

The Wind Tunnel Facility is equipped with an air source unit, transonic wind tunnel, supersonic wind tunnel, and measuring systems to enable basic research and R&D on aerodynamics during high-speed flight of rockets and spacecraft, pre-flight tests, etc.