according to JAXA. Supersonic aircraft development Besides the H-IIA/B and Epsilon rockets, JAXA is also developing technology for a next-generation supersonic transport that could become the commercial replacement for the Concorde. The design goal of the project (working name Next Generation Supersonic Transport) is to develop a jet that can carry 300 passengers at Mach 2. A subscale model of the jet underwent aerodynamic testing in September and October 2005 in Australia. In 2015, JAXA performed tests aimed at reducing the effects of supersonic flight under the D-SEND program. The economic success of such a project is still unclear, and as a consequence the project has been met with limited interest from Japanese aerospace companies like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries so far. Reusable launch vehicles Until 2003, JAXA (ISAS) conducted research on a reusable launch vehicle under the Reusable Vehicle Testing (RVT) project. Other space agencies in Japan Japan Space Systems (J-spacesystems) is a separate space agency. See also Independent Administrative Institution Kibō (ISS module) List of aerospace flight test centres List of government space agencies Space Brothers manga References External links JAXA by JAXA by JAXA International Space Station (ISS) and "Kibo" Information center JAXA – Space Environment Utilization and Space Experiment "JAXA 2025" Presentation Report on Japan's Space Program, 2005 by RAND Corporation Report on US-Japan Space Policy Cooperation, 2003 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Japan's Evolving Space Program by the National Bureau of Asian Research Archived sites of the JAXA predecessor agencies: NASDA ISAS NAL 2003 establishments in Japan Government agencies established in 2003 Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan Space agencies