LAUNCHER INFO

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.

MANUFACTURER INFO

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

LAUNCHER SPECIFICATIONS

(diameter)

5.2 m

TO GTO

8000 kg

(length)

56.6 m

TO LEO

16500 kg

(reusable)

false

LAUNCH STATISTICS