Taiki Aerospace Research Field

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Taiki Aerospace Research Field is an aerodrome of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is located within the Taiki Multi-Purpose Aerospace Park (大樹町多目的航空公園) of Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan. It is used, among other things, for scientific balloon launches.

Facilities[edit]

JAXA's Aeronautical Technology Directorate and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) use the following facilities:^[1]

• Flight Test Building
• Flight Control Building
• JAXA's Hangar
• Balloon Operation Building
• Weather Observation Equipment
• Handling Area
• Sliding Launcher for a Scientific Balloon

Hokkaido Spaceport[edit]

Rocket launch pad of Interstellar Technologies (IST) resides next to the field. In April 2021, a plan to expand the park to build a private sector spaceport, Hokkaido Spaceport [ja], was announced.^[2] The launch pad currently used by IST for the sounding rockets is called Launch Complex-0. Launch Complex-1, the new launch pad for orbital launch is planned to start construction in 2024,^[3] and another pad Launch Complex-2 is planned.^[2] The runway was extended from 1000 meter to 1300 m by 2024.^[3] Possibility of new 3000 m runway is under investigation.^[2][4]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Taiki Aerospace Research Field, JAXA
• 大樹町多目的航空公園, Taiki Town. (in Japanese)
• Hokkaido Spaceport

42°30′00″N 143°26′29″E / 42.50000°N 143.44139°E / 42.50000; 143.44139

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