Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Entrance to the ISAS Sagamihara campus

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History

The ISAS began at the University of Tokyo in the 1955.^[3]

In 1994, Japan launched its first large rocket built solely with its own technology. According to Shigebumi Saito, former head of Japan's Space Activities Commission, "If we have no vehicle, it is like a navy without ships," ^[4]

ISAS was merged with two other space agencies in 2003 when JAXA was established.^[5]

List of Satellites by ISAS

Before establishment of JAXA

Launch date	Name before launch	Name after launch	Mission
February 11, 1970		Ōsumi^[6]	Technology demonstration
February 16, 1971	MS-T1	Tansei^[6]	Technology demonstration
September 28, 1971	MS-F2	Shinsei^[6]	Ionosphere / cosmic-ray / solar-radio observation
August 19, 1972	REXS	Denpa	Ionosphere / magnetosphere observation
February 16, 1974	MS-T2	Tansei 2	Technology experiment
February 24, 1975	SRATS	Taiyo	Thermosphere and sun
February 19, 1977	MS-T3	Tansei 3	Technology experiment
February 4, 1978	EXOS-A	Kyokko	Aurora and ionosphere
September 16, 1978	EXOS-B	Jikiken	Magnetosphere and thermosphere observation
February 21, 1979	CORSA-b	Hakucho	X-ray astronomy
February 17, 1980	MS-T4	Tansei 4	Technology experiment
February 21, 1981	ASTRO-A	Hinotori	Solar X-ray observation
February 20, 1983	ASTRO-B	Tenma	X-ray astronomy
February 14, 1984	EXOS-C	Ohzora	Mesosphere observation
January 8, 1985	MS-T5	Sakigake	Technology experiment / Comet observation
August 19, 1985	PLANET-A	Suisei	Comet observation
August 19, 1987	ASTRO-C	Ginga	X-ray astronomy
February 22, 1989	EXOS-D	Akebono	Aurora observation
January 24, 1990	MUSES-A	Hiten	Interplanetary technology experiment
August 30, 1991	SOLAR-A	Yohkoh	Solar X-ray observation (with NASA / UK)
July 24, 1992	GEOTAIL	GEOTAIL	Magnetosphere observation (with NASA)
February 20, 1993	ASTRO-D^[7]	ASCA	X-ray astronomy (with NASA)
March 18, 1995	SFU	SFU	Multi-purpose experiment flyer (with NASDA / NEDO / USEF)
February 12, 1997	MUSES-B	HALCA	Space VLBI technology development
July 4, 1998	PLANET-B	Nozomi	Mars atmosphere observation
May 9, 2003	MUSES-C	Hayabusa	Planetary sample return technology development

After establishment of JAXA

Launch date	Name before launch	Name after launch	Mission
July 10, 2005	ASTRO-EII	Suzaku	X-ray astronomy
February 21, 2006	ASTRO-F	Akari	Infrared astronomy
September 22, 2006	SOLAR-B	Hinode^[8]	Solar observation
September 13, 2007	SELENE	Kaguya^[9]	Lunar probe
May 20, 2010	PLANET-C	Akatsuki	Venus atmosphere observation

Related pages

List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan

References

↑ ISAS is an acronym. ISAS stands for "Institute of Space and Astronautical Science".
↑ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), "About ISAS"; retrieved 2012-4-2.
↑ JAXA, "History of ISAS" Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.
↑ Pollack, Andrew. "First Big Space Rocket Is Launched by Japanese," New York Times. February 4, 1994; retrieved 2012-4-16.
↑ The English name Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is still used. For a short time, the Japanese name was changed to 宇宙科学研究本部, (literally, Space Science Research Division). In 2010, the name was changed back to the previous Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōsumi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 762.
↑ Pollack, Andrew. "Japan's Satellite to Peer at Far Corner of Universe," New York Times. February 21, 1993; retrieved 2012-4-16.
↑ Yoshida, Norimasa et al. "Systemic Approach to Achieve Fine Pointing Requirement of Solar-B," in Automatic Control in Aerospace 2004 (ed., Alexander Nebylov), p. 101; excerpt, "The satellite is under development by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)."
↑ MCurry, Justin. "Japan launches biggest moon mission since Apollo landings," Guardian (UK). September 15, 2007; retrieved 2012-4-17.

Other websites

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, ISAS site map Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] ISAS is an acronym. ISAS stands for "Institute of Space and Astronautical Science".

[2] Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), "About ISAS"; retrieved 2012-4-2.

[3] JAXA, "History of ISAS" Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.

[4] Pollack, Andrew. "First Big Space Rocket Is Launched by Japanese," New York Times. February 4, 1994; retrieved 2012-4-16.

[5] The English name Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is still used. For a short time, the Japanese name was changed to 宇宙科学研究本部, (literally, Space Science Research Division). In 2010, the name was changed back to the previous Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..

[osumi-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōsumi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 762.

[7] Pollack, Andrew. "Japan's Satellite to Peer at Far Corner of Universe," New York Times. February 21, 1993; retrieved 2012-4-16.

[8] Yoshida, Norimasa et al. "Systemic Approach to Achieve Fine Pointing Requirement of Solar-B," in Automatic Control in Aerospace 2004 (ed., Alexander Nebylov), p. 101; excerpt, "The satellite is under development by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)."

[9] MCurry, Justin. "Japan launches biggest moon mission since Apollo landings," Guardian (UK). September 15, 2007; retrieved 2012-4-17.

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