Kounotori 7
H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) approaching the ISS
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | JAXA |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Kounotori 7 |
| Spacecraft type | HTV |
| Manufacturer | MHI |
| Launch mass | 16,500 kg (36,400 lb) |
| Payload mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Dimensions | 9.8 m (32 ft) long x 4.4 m (14 ft) diameter |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Planned: 2 February 2018 |
| Rocket | H-IIB |
| Launch site | LA-Y, Tanegashima |
| Contractor | MHI |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Berthing at ISS | |
| Berthing port | Harmony nadir or Unity nadir |
| RMS capture | Planned: February 2018 |
| Berthing date | Planned: February 2018 |
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HTV ISS Resupply
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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.
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.
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