{{Short description|Rockets facility of JAXA}} {{Use American English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Noshiro Rocket Testing Center |nativename = 能代ロケット実験場 |nativename_a = |nativename_r = |logo = Jaxa logo.svg |logo_width = 100px |seal = |seal_width = 140px |picture = Noshiro Rocket testing site.JPG |picture_width = 220px |picture_caption = Noshiro Rocket testing site |formed = 1962 |preceding1 = |preceding2 = |parent_agency = [[JAXA]] |jurisdiction = Japanese government |headquarters = [[Noshiro, Akita]], [[Japan]] |coordinates = {{coord|40|10|09|N|139|59|31|E|source:kolossus-jawiki|display=inline, title}} |employees = |budget = |chief1_name = |chief1_position = |child2_agency = | map_type = Japan Akita Prefecture#Japan |website = [http://www.jaxa.jp/about/centers/ntc/index_e.html home page] |footnotes = }}
The {{Nihongo|'''Noshiro Rocket Testing Center'''|能代ロケット実験場|Noshiro Roketto Jikkenjo}} is a facility of the [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]] (JAXA), located on the coast of the [[Sea of Japan]] in the city of [[Noshiro, Akita|Noshiro]] in [[Akita Prefecture]], [[Japan]].
==History== The Noshiro Rocket Testing Center (NTC) was established in 1962 as one of the affiliated facilities of the Institute of Industrial Science of the [[University of Tokyo]], which became the [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science]] (ISAS) in 1964. The testing center was involved in the development and testing of [[sounding rocket]]s and the [[solid-fuel rocket]] engines which were used on the [[Mu (rocket)|Mu series]] of launch vehicles.
From 1975, the Noshiro Testing Center was involved in the research, development and testing of [[liquid-fuel rocket]] engines. With the [[M-V]] launch vehicle program, the facilities were extensively upgraded with a large solid motor air combustion test building and an upper motor high altitude performance test facility completed by 1992. The static firing test for the M-V rocket engines took place at Noshiro.
In addition, a successful static test firing of the [[ATREX]], an experimental precooled [[jet engine]] that works as a [[turbojet]] at low speeds and a [[ramjet]] up to [[Mach number|Mach]] 6.0 occurred in 1992. From 1998, the site has been active in the [[Reusable Vehicle Testing]] program to develop an air-breathing engine which uses less fuel than a rocket and can therefore transport a larger payload.
==References== * Harvey, Brian. ''Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South America''. Springer (2011) {{ISBN|1441908749}} * Spagnulo, Marcello. ''Space Program Management: Methods and Tools''. Springer (2102) {{ISBN|1461437555}}
==External links== *[http://www.jaxa.jp/about/centers/ntc/index_e.html JAXA official home page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130523053832/http://www.jaxa.jp/pr/brochure/pdf/06/centers08.pdf JAXA brochure on Noshiro Test Center]
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[[Category:1962 establishments in Japan]] [[Category:Space technology research institutes]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Akita Prefecture]] [[Category:Noshiro, Akita]] [[Category:Rocket launch sites in Japan]] [[Category:JAXA facilities]]