_Mission_(12812960063).jpg) Full view of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex during roll out of theH-IIA rocket in February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Yoshinobu Launch Complex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launch site | Tanegashima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 30°24′08″N130°58′30″E / 30.40222°N 130.97500°E /30.40222; 130.97500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short name | LA-Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | JAXA,NASDA (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total launches | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launch pad | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoshinobu Launch Complex[1][2] (abbreviated asLA-Y) is arocket launch site at theTanegashima Space Center onTanegashima. The site and its collection of facilities were originally built for theH-IIlaunch vehicle and later used forH-IIA,H-IIB andH3 launches.
It is the most Northern launch complex at Tanegashima, and along with the now inactiveOsaki Launch Complex used for orbital launches. The Yoshinobu Launch Complex consists of twolaunch pads:
Orbital launches take place from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, lifting off from its two launch pads:
The complex also contains atest stand for firing theLE-7 engines used in the first stage of the H-II and its derivatives.[2]
Prior to launch, rockets are processed vertically in the complex's vehicle assembly building.[3] The rocket is rolled out to the launch pad on amobile launcher platform about twelve hours before it is scheduled to launch. It takes around thirty minutes to transport the rocket from the assembly building to Pad 1.[4]
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