Taiki Multi-Purpose Aerospace Park Explained

The is an aerodrome in the town of Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan.

Taiki Aerospace Research Field

is a research field of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) located in this park. It is used for aerospace experiments, such as high-altitude balloon launches. JAXA's Aeronautical Technology Directorate and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) use the following facilities:^[1]

• Flight Test Building
• Flight Control Building
• JAXA's Hangar
• Balloon Operation Building
• Weather Observation Equipment
• Handling Area
• Sliding Launcher for a Scientific Balloon

Hokkaido Spaceport

Rocket launch pad of Interstellar Technologies (IST) resides next to the field. In April 2021, a plan to expand the park to build a private sector spaceport,, was announced.^[2] The launch pad currently used by IST for the sounding rockets is called Launch Complex-0. Launch Complex-1, the new launch pad for orbital launch is planned to start construction in 2024,^[3] and another pad Launch Complex-2 is planned. The runway was extended from 1000 m to 1300 m by 2024. Possibility of new 3000 m runway is under investigation.^[4]

External links

• Taiki Aerospace Research Field, JAXA
• 大樹町多目的航空公園, Taiki Town.
• 大樹航空宇宙基地構想 HOKKAIDO SPACEPORT 〜FINAL FRONTIER〜, .
• Hokkaido Spaceport

42.5°N 143.4414°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: JAXA Taiki Aerospace Research Field . 2023-12-23 . JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency . en.
2. Web site: 23 April 2021 . ja:目指すは“宇宙版シリコンバレー”、アジア初の宇宙港を北海道で実現せよ . https://monoist.atmarkit.co.jp/mn/articles/2104/22/news043.html . 25 April 2021 . MONOist . Japanese.
3. Web site: https://hokkaidospaceport.com/news/1373 . ja . ja:北海道スペースポート・滑走路の300m延伸工事が完了 . Hokkaido Spaceport . 25 June 2024 . 26 June 2024.
4. Web site: 23 April 2021 . ja:「北海道スペースポート」が本格始動へ、新たに運営会社SPACE COTANが設立 . https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20210423-1876915/ . 28 April 2021 . Mynavi . Japanese.