The Kashima Space Technology Center carries out the R&D of information, communications, and space science as a distinguished research center of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT). We succeeded in the international satellite TV relay of Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964, and started research of full-scale satellite communication, electric wave astronomy, etc. Currently, the center coordinates research and development of the mobile ICT using satellites,precise orbit resources.

Optical Telescope

These telescopes observe the exact position of the satellite which passes through the sky in order to search for the more highly precise orbit of satellite.

Communication Experiment Building

The communication experiment with a geostationary satellite was conducted. Among two big antennas, the right was used for CS (communications satellite), and the left was used for the experiment of BS (broadcasting satellite).