Tracking and Communications Center’s Domestic Stations
Domestic Stations
STCC operates multiple domestic tracking stations. Among them, the seven major stations are listed below.
- 1. Tsukuba Space Center (Ibaraki Pref.)
- 2. Katsuura Tracking and Communications Station (Chiba Pref.)
- 3. Usuda Deep Space Center | Misasa Deep Space Station (Nagano Pref.)
- 4. Kamisaibara Space Guard Center (Okayama Pref.)
- 5. Bisei Space Guard Center
- 6. Masuda Tracking and Communications Station (Kagoshima Pref.)
- 7. Okinawa Tracking and Communications Station (Okinawa Pref.)
Overseas Stations
We have four overseas tracking stations. These staitons allow us to conduct space tracking and data acquisition even when our stellites are travelling half the globe away.
- 8. Kiruna Tracking Station (Sweden)
- 9. Maspalomas Tracking Station (Canary Islands)
- 10. Mingenew Tracking Station (Australia)
- 11. Santiago Tracking Station (Chile)
