On-site main facilities include: •
Yoshinobu Launch Complex •
Osaki Launch Complex (retired, 25 launches 1975-96) • Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) • Second Spacecraft Test and Assembly Building • Takesaki Range Control Center Those facilities are used for performing operations from assembling launch vehicles, maintenance, inspections, final checks of satellites, loading satellites onto launch vehicles, rocket launches, and tracking launch vehicles after liftoff. The TNSC plays a pivotal role in satellite launches among Japan's space development activities. Orbital launches take place from the
Yoshinobu Launch Complex, lifting off from its two launch pads: • LA-Y1 used for
H-II and
H-IIA launches • LA-Y2 used for
H-IIB and
H3 launches The H-IIA first stage engine, the
LE-7A, was test-fired at the Yoshinobu Firing Test Stand. Auxiliary buildings are in place for the assembly of new spacecraft and for radar and optical tracking of launched spacecraft. The older
Osaki Launch Complex was retired in 1992. It was used for the launch and development of
N-I,
N-II,
H-I and
J-I rockets. The Space Science and Technology Museum is near TNSC. It offers a view of rocket history and technology in Japan. File:JAXA TNSC Yoshinobu LP1.jpg|Yoshinobu LP-1 File:H2A11001.jpg|The launch of H-IIA Flight 11 (ETS-VIII) from LP-1, 2006 File:H-IIA F13 launching KAGUYA.jpg|H-IIA Flight 13 (Kaguya) launching KAGUYA from LP-1, 2007 File:Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission (12812960063).jpg|H-IIA Flight 23 (GPM) rollout to LP-1, 2014 File:Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) pre-launch.jpg|H-IIA Flight 23 (GPM) at LP-1, 2014 File:Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission (12858255364).jpg|H-IIA rocket at the VAB File:JAXA TNSC Yoshinobu LP2.jpg|Yoshinobu LP-2 File:H-ⅡBロケット8号機.jpg|HI-IIB Flight 8 (HTV-8) at LP-2, 2019 File:Tanegashima Space Center 1.jpg|The Space Science and Technology Museum == See also ==