Kamisaibara Space Guard Center (Okayama Pref.)
This facility observes "space debris" (space junk) such as spent satellites, rockets, and their fragments. It uses radar to observe the low earth orbit zone (orbits of earth observation satellites, etc.) at an altitude of 200 to 1,000 km near the earth.
Address
1537-8 Kamisaibara, Kagamino, Tomata District, Okayama 708-0601
Tel
0868-44-7358（Rep.）
Bisei Space Guard Center(Okayama Pref.)
This facility observes "space debris" (space junk) such as spent satellites, rockets, and their fragments. It uses optical telescopes to observe high orbits (orbits of communication satellites, etc.) at an altitude of 36,000 km, which is far from the Earth. It also observes asteroids approaching the Earth.
Address
714-1411, 1716-3, Ohkura, Bisei-machi, Ibara-shi, Okayama Prefecture
Tel
0866-87-9071（Rep.）
