October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
..., reusable launcher. The H-IIA rocket developed by NASDA (Japan’s National Space Development Agency) has been Japan... JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s successor to NASDA) to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The rocket completed its 28th...
23 September 2024
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
...by the launch of Japan’s first satellite in 1970, and the formation of the National Space Development Agency (NASDA). As expected, it details satellite applications such as science, communications and remote sensing, while providing parallel coverage...
