Success
Kounotori 3 (HTV-3)
Resupply
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(MHI)CommercialH-IIB 304
LEOorbit
Uncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 2:06 AM
Replay
Mission details
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.
Nov 20, 1998 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#5,230
MHI Mission
#17
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#55
Designator
2012-038
Launch Window
NET
Jul 21, 2012, 2:06 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
H-IIB 304 Specs
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.
Length
56.6 m
Diameter
5.2 m
Launch Mass
551 t
Thrust
9,000 kN
LEO Capacity
16,500 kg
GTO Capacity
8,000 kg
Launch Cost
$113M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2009
Fastest Turnaround
7mo 29d
Total Launches
9
Successful
9
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
9
Maiden flight: Sep 10, 2009
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.
Founded
1884
Administrator
President: Seiji Izumisawa
Total Launches
56
Successful
54
Failed
2
Pending
9
Consecutive Success
0
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
The Tanegashima Space Center is the largest rocket-launch complex in Japan. It is located on the southeastern tip of Tanegashima, an island located south of Kyushu, an island and region and Japan. It was established in 1969 when the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) was formed, and is now run by JAXA. The activities that take place at TNSC include assembly, testing, launching, and tracking satellites, as well as rocket engine firing tests.
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Local Launch Time
Jul 21, 2012, 11:06 AM
Total Launches
97
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
30.4000, 130.9700