LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Dec 09 2016
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Kounotori 6 (HTV-6)
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(1:26 PM UTC)
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(1:00 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:00 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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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
- This is the sixth flight of an uncrewed cargo spacecraft to International Space Station. It will bring the replacement for the batteries used on the Station to store electricity generated by solar panels, as well as 600 liters of potable water.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima, Japan
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2