# Noshiro Rocket Testing Center

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Rockets facility of JAXA

Noshiro Rocket Testing Center 能代ロケット実験場 Show map of Akita Prefecture Show map of Japan Location within Akita Prefecture Noshiro Rocket testing site Agency overview Formed 1962 Jurisdiction Japanese government Headquarters Noshiro, Akita, Japan 40°10′09″N 139°59′31″E / 40.16917°N 139.99194°E / 40.16917; 139.99194 Parent agency JAXA Website home page

The **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](/source/Japan_Aerospace_Exploration_Agency) (JAXA), located on the coast of the [Sea of Japan](/source/Sea_of_Japan) in the city of [Noshiro](/source/Noshiro%2C_Akita) in [Akita Prefecture](/source/Akita_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/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](/source/University_of_Tokyo), which became the [Institute of Space and Astronautical Science](/source/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Science) (ISAS) in 1964. The testing center was involved in the development and testing of [sounding rockets](/source/Sounding_rocket) and the [solid-fuel rocket](/source/Solid-fuel_rocket) engines which were used on the [Mu series](/source/Mu_(rocket)) of launch vehicles.

From 1975, the Noshiro Testing Center was involved in the research, development and testing of [liquid-fuel rocket](/source/Liquid-fuel_rocket) engines. With the [M-V](/source/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](/source/ATREX), an experimental precooled [jet engine](/source/Jet_engine) that works as a [turbojet](/source/Turbojet) at low speeds and a [ramjet](/source/Ramjet) up to [Mach](/source/Mach_number) 6.0 occurred in 1992. From 1998, the site has been active in the [Reusable Vehicle Testing](/source/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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1441908749](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1441908749)

- Spagnulo, Marcello. *Space Program Management: Methods and Tools*. Springer (2102) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1461437555](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1461437555)

## External links

- [JAXA official home page](http://www.jaxa.jp/about/centers/ntc/index_e.html)

- [JAXA brochure on Noshiro Test Center](https://web.archive.org/web/20130523053832/http://www.jaxa.jp/pr/brochure/pdf/06/centers08.pdf)

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