National Space Development Agency of Japan is a government launch operator based in Japan. It has flown 15 launches under its own name. 14 succeeded and 1 failed, a success rate of 93.3%. It has nothing on the schedule we can see right now.
SourceLAUNCH LIBRARY 2
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
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Flight record
Launch statistics
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ON RECORD
Total launches15
Successful14
Failed1
Success rate93.3%
Consecutive successes10
Scheduled0
These are launches under NASDA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.
Operator or customer
An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, NASDA is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.
Manifest role
OPS-11/ROLE
NONE FILED
Flying as operator0
Named as customer0
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Scheduled (register total)0
No scheduled flight names NASDA with someone else flying it.
How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.
Upcoming launches
Manifest
OPS-11/MAN
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NASDA has nothing on the schedule we can see, which runs to 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. Its missions show up here once a launch date is published.
The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.
NASDA in the archive
From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Japanese astronauts and other personnel in the Space Station Processing Facility observe sensors during a Multi-Equipment Interface Test (MEIT) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) developed the laboratory at the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo. It is the first element, named "Kibo" (Hope), to be delivered to KSC. The JEM is Japan's primary contribution to the Station. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments.·NASA / KSC · public domain·NASA ↗
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, personnel observe sensors during a Multi-Equipment Interface Test (MEIT) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) developed the laboratory at the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo. It is the first element, named "Kibo" (Hope), to be delivered to KSC. The JEM is Japan's primary contribution to the Station. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments.·NASA / KSC · public domain·NASA ↗
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Japanaese astronauts and personnel observe sensors during a Multi-Equipment Interface Test (MEIT) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) developed the laboratory at the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo. It is the first element, named "Kibo" (Hope), to be delivered to KSC. The JEM is Japan's primary contribution to the Station. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments.·NASA / KSC · public domain·NASA ↗
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Common questions
How many launches has National Space Development Agency of Japan flown?
National Space Development Agency of Japan has flown 15 launches under its own name. 14 succeeded and 1 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
What is National Space Development Agency of Japan's success rate?
93.3%. That's 14 successful flights out of 15 attempts. Its last 10 launches in a row have succeeded.
When is National Space Development Agency of Japan's next launch?
National Space Development Agency of Japan has nothing on the schedule EveryLaunch can see, which runs to 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z.
Does National Space Development Agency of Japan fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
National Space Development Agency of Japan has flown 15 launches under its own name. It isn't the operator on any scheduled flight we can see. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.
Where is National Space Development Agency of Japan based?
Japan. Launch Library lists it as a government operator.
