H-II Transfer Vehicle
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The H-II Transfer Vehicle, also called Kounotori, was an expendable Japanese automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station resupply missions, particularly Kibō, the Japanese labo
H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) approaching the ISS
Structure of HTV
Inside view of the Pressurised Logistics Carrier section of HTV-1
Canadarm2 removing unpressurised payload from HTV-2
H-IIB
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The H-IIB was a Japanese expendable launch system jointly developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was used exclusively to launch the H-II Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft to the Interna
H-II Transfer Vehicle
…laboratory module. Development of the spacecraft began in the early 1990s and the HTV's first mission, HTV-1, was launched on 10 September 2009 on an H-IIB launch vehicle. The HTV was crucial for ISS resupply, especially after the retirement of the Space Shuttle, as it was the only vehicle capable of…
H-IIB Flight 8 at the launch pad in September 2019
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