Yoshinobu Launch Complex

Yoshinobu Launch Complex[1][2] (abbreviated as LA-Y) is a rocket launch site at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima.

The site and its collection of facilities were originally built for the H-II launch vehicle and later used for H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 launches.

The complex also contains a test stand for firing the LE-7 engines used in the first stage of the H-II and its derivatives.

[2] Prior to launch, rockets are processed vertically in the complex's vehicle assembly building.

It takes around thirty minutes to transport the rocket from the assembly building to Pad 1.