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Kounotori 8

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Mission type
  
ISS resupply

Spacecraft
  
Kounotori 8

Contractor
  
MHI

Payload mass
  
6,000 kg

Rocket
  
H-IIB

Operator
  
JAXA

Spacecraft type
  
HTV

Launch mass
  
16,500 kg

Launch date
  
February 2019

Kounotori 8

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
  
Kounotori 7, Progress MS‑05, Super Low Altitude Test Satel, H‑II Transfer Vehicle, Nano‑JASMINE

Kounotori 8 (こうのとり8号機), also known as HTV-8 will be the 8th flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft set to launch on February 2019 to resupply the International Space Station.

References

Kounotori 8 Wikipedia