H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 8 (HTV-8)
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
Kounotori 8 (HTV-8)
Uncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station.
Kounotori 8
Serial HTV-8
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Single Use
Landing Time 2019-11-01T17:21:00+0000
H-IIB 304
Height 56.60 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 9000 kN
Diameter 5.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 16500 kg
Liftoff Mass 551 Tonnes
Launch Success 9
Consecutive Success 9
Maiden Flight 2009-09-10
Launch Failures 0
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Related Events
HTV-8 “Kounotori” Release
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The japanese cargo craft HTV-8 “Kounotori” will be released from the International Space Station at 5:20pm UTC.
HTV-8 “Kounotori” Rendezvous and Capture
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NASA TV will live stream the rendezvous and capture of JAXA's HTV-8 cargo craft to the International Space Station. Capture is scheduled at 11:00 UTC.
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