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Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Space Agencies of Asia

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.

Facts
Agency Type
National research organization operating rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes; a division of JAXA since 2003 1
Founded Year
1964 1
Headquarters
Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan 1
Annual Budget
13.5 billion yen (FY2018) 1
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Associated With

Hideo Itokawa, Pioneers

Operates

Sakigake, Spacecraft
Source Sakigake (Wikipedia)
Suisei, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Suisei (spacecraft)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, second sentence
    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.
  • Lead section, first sentence
    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
  • Infobox, headquarters
    Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Infobox, budget
    13.5 billion (FY2018)
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Sakigake (Wikipedia)
Operates: Sakigake, Lead paragraph, operator
Quote, Operates: Sakigake, Lead paragraph, operator
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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Wikipedia: Suisei (spacecraft)
Operates: Suisei, Lead paragraph, operator
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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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