Takesaki Range Control Center (Minamitane)

At the Takesaki Range Control Center (RCC), all coordination and control is performed for the final launch operations in Tanegashima including pre-liftoff operations of a launch vehicle and satellite(s), ground safety coordination, launch, and launch vehicle tracking after liftoff. The RCC also serves as a control center for communications and coordination with tracking stations on and off the island as well as with down range stations around the world to perform the entire launch/flight operations smoothly. In order to do so, information is gathered, analyzed, and judged in the RCC so that required planning, communications with related sections, data processing, and situation control according to its progress can be carried out there.
The RCC contains range control facilities, communications equipment, digital time unit, meteorological observation equipment, optical tracking facilities, and various monitors.