The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, known as ISAS, is a Japanese national research organization using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes, which played a major role in Japan space development. It was established as part of the University of Tokyo in 1964, and the institute later spun off from the university to come under the direct purview of the Ministry of Education. Since 2003 it has been a division of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA.
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Agency TypeNational research organization operating rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes; a division of JAXA since 2003 1 Founded Year HeadquartersSagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan 1 Annual Budget13.5 billion yen (FY2018) 1 Connections
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Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所, Uchū Kagaku Kenkyūsho), or ISAS, is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development.
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Established as part of the University of Tokyo in 1964, the institute spun off from the university to come under direct purview of the Ministry of Education.
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is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development
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Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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13.5 billion (FY2018)
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Sakigake was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science for the National Space Development Agency (both of which are now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA).
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Sakigake was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
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Suisei (すいせい; lit. "Comet"), originally known as Planet-A, was an uncrewed space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA).
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developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
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