Taiki Aerospace Research Field, Hokkaido
Aerospace research facility with permanent balloon launch infrastructure

Adapted for stratospheric balloon launches since 2008
Estimated number of launches done: 27

Sanriku Balloon Center, Iwate
Permanent balloon launch facility

Was Japan's main operative launch base between 1971 and 2007.
Total number of launches done there: 714

Kagoshima Space Center, Uchinoura
Rocket launch facility with no dedicated infrastructure for balloon flights

Active for long duration balloon launches to China in 1986-1988
Total number of launches done there: 10

Other balloon launch sites in Japan to be included in StratoCat in the near future

  • Saga, Kyushu Island
  • Taiyo, Ibaraki
  • Nagashima
  • Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
  • Haranomachi, Fukushima
  • Kobe
  • Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
  • Asahimura, Ibaraki
  • Naval Air Facility Oppama, Yokosuka