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          INTERNATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS |   
	  |  | Japan’s Institute of Space and Aeronautical
        Science (ISAS) is devoted to space science research and the development
        of satellite and launch vehicle technologies to support this objective.
 
 ISAS’s primary facilities include the Kagoshima Space Center for space
        launches, the Noshiro Testing Center for launch vehicle propulsion system
        development, and the Usuda Deep Space Center for satellite tracking and
        control.
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