MISSION NAME
Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) 4
Status
Success
DATE
3 AUG 2013
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Description
Uncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station delayed from June 2012.
H-IIB 304
Rocket Description
H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.