H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 6 (HTV-6)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Commercial)
• Rocket: H-IIB 304 — H-II family

Mission

This is the sixth flight of an uncrewed cargo spacecraft to International Space Station. It will bring the replacement for the batteries used on the Station to store electricity generated by solar panels, as well as 600 liters of potable water.

• Type: Resupply
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
• Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Program

• International Space Station — 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. (Wikipedia)