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What does JAXA stand for space?

What does JAXA stand for space?

JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

How big is JAXA?

KOUNOTORI Specifications

Length Approx. 9.8m (including thrusters)
Target orbit to ISS Altitude: 350km to 460km Inclination: 51.6 degrees
Maximum duration of a mission Rendezvous flight period: about five days Bearthed with the ISS: about 45 days On-orbit emergency stand-by: about seven days

Is JAXA private?

By involving the nation’s private sector, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is PUSHING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION.

Who owns JAXA?

JAXA

Agency overview
Primary spaceport Tanegashima Space Center
Owner Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Government of Japan)
Annual budget JP¥212.4 billion (FY2021) US$2 billion
Website www.jaxa.jp

When was JAXA established?

October 1, 2003
JAXA/Founded

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Is JAXA a government?

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japanese Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō, Japanese government agency in charge of research in both aviation and space exploration. Its headquarters are in Tokyo.

How do you spell JAXA?

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, Kokuritsu-kenkyū-kaihatsu-hōjin Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō, literally “National Research and Development Agency on Aerospace Research and Development”) is the Japanese national aerospace and space agency….JAXA.

Agency overview
Website www.jaxa.jp

Who is the founder of JAXA?

JAXA

Agency overview
Type Space agency
Headquarters Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
Motto One JAXA
Administrator Hiroshi Yamakawa

Can an Indian work at JAXA?

TU Delft MSc students Mirjam Boere and Rody Oldenhuis recently completed their internships at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Quite a feat in its own right, as very few ‘gaijan’, or foreigners, are permitted to work at this prestigious but secretive space agency.

Is there NASA in Japan?