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HTV |
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| Client |
JAXA |
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| Launch date |
HTV-1 : September 11 2009
HTV-2 to 7 : 2010-2015 |
| Launch vehicle |
H-IIB |
| Launch site |
Tanegashima Space Center |
| Orbit |
Altitude: 350 - 460 km |
| Mass |
Total weight: about 15 t
Payload: about 7 t |
| Electrical power |
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| Design life |
Approx. 20 days |
| Responsibilities |
Prime contractor |
| Outline |
The HTV will be used to convey construction materials and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). This vehicle will incorporate rendezvous and docking technologies verified on the ETS-VII (1998).
We are in charge of system design (jointly with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) and the development and manufacture of the electronics module, the heart of the vehicle.
7 HTVs are launched every year from 2009. |
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