Mission type ISS resupply Spacecraft Kounotori 7 Contractor MHI Payload mass 6,000 kg Rocket H-IIB | Operator JAXA Spacecraft type HTV Launch mass 16,500 kg Launch date 2 February 2018 | |
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Dimensions 9.8 m (32 ft) long x 4.4 m (14 ft) diameter Manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Launch sites Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center Similar Progress MS‑05, H‑II Transfer Vehicle, Super Low Altitude Test Satel, HTV‑1, Nano‑JASMINE | ||
Kounotori 7 (こうのとり7号機), also known as HTV-7 will be the seventh flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft set to launch on 2 February 2018 to resupply the International Space Station.
Reentry capsule
This Kounotori flight is planned to test a reentry capsule, similar in function to the VBK-Raduga carried onboard Progress flights to the Mir space station. Essentially a miniaturized HTV-R capsule, it will be carried in the pressurized section of the vehicle. On 22 October 2015, a high-altitude drop test of the capsule was successfully conducted off the coast of Taiki, Hokkaido.
References
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