LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Sat Aug 03 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Kounotori 4 (HTV-4)
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(7:48 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(7:48 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(7:48 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
H-IIB 304Description:
H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Resupply
- Uncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station delayed from June 2012.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima, Japan
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2