Chōfu Aerospace Center (調布航空宇宙センター, Chōfu Kōkū-uchū senta) is the headquarters and main development facility for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
調布航空宇宙センター | |
JAXA Head Office | |
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Formed | 1962 |
Jurisdiction | Japanese government |
Headquarters | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
Parent agency | JAXA |
Website | [1] |
The Chōfu Aerospace Center concentrates on aerospace engineering research and development, and is equipped with test facilities including several wind tunnels, materials test facilities, flight simulators, engine test stands and a supercomputer.
References
edit- Harvey, Brian. Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South America. Springer (2011) ISBN 1441908749
External links
edit- JAXA official home page Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Into the Sky, into the Space, into the Future on YouTube Official JAXA channel
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