The Sagamihara Campus, with a view of the surrounding Tanzawa mountains, was established in April 1989 as the core of
the former Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS).
The campus, which is quietly located about 40 kilometers away from Tokyo with beautiful views of the Tanzawa Mountains,is a center for research on the mysteries of space, such as solar activity, and also for tracing the history of the moon, planets, black holes and the galaxy.
The campus consists of the Research and Administration Building, the Space Operation’s Center Building, and the Experiment Facility Building, where tests are performed for basic development and verification of onboard instruments for launch vehicles and satellites.
One of the unique features of the campus is that it plays the core role of a common application system among universities in Japan.
It is a well-organized important system to gather intelligence on space science researchers working all over Japan. Thus we expect that the knowledge of
those researchers is and will be utilized for planning and implementation of projects.