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H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)
Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Kounotori 9 (HTV-9)
- Type
- Resupply
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The last H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori" will be launched on an H-IIB 304 launch vehicle, carrying 6,200 kg (13,669 lbs) of supplies and science experiments to be conducted by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Kounotori 9 will be the last original HTV spacecaft : its successor scheduled to launch in February 2022 will be the first of the new HTV-X version.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- H-IIB 304
- Family
- H-II
- Variant
- 304
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- JPN
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launch site
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- JPN
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 30.4009, 130.9756