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Kounotori 8

Kounotori 8 is the eighth HTV spacecraft. It is scheduled to launch in September 2019 on a resupply mission to the ISS.

Kounotori 8 spacecraft

Configuration

H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)

Recorded flights

1

Time in space

38d 1h 15m 55s

Agency

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Vehicle profile

Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.

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