Cargo spacecraft "HTV 1"

Spacecraft n°:

Japanese spacecraft n°: 158

Mission details:

• The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle, HTV-1, was launched on Sep 10, 2009 into a 185 x 301 km x 51.6 deg orbit. This was the first launch of the H-IIB rocket, which has a larger diameter first stage than the old H-IIA, with two LE-5A main engines instead of one, and four large SRB-A strapons instead of two.
• HTV-1 completed its rendezvous with the Station on Sep 17. It approached to within 10m of the Harmony module, and the Canadarm-2 grappled it and berthed it to Harmony's nadir port. The SMILES and HREP experiments were transferred to the Kibo Exposed Facility on Sep 24.
  
  
• Japan's HTV-1 cargo vehicle has left the Station. It was released at 1731 UTC on Oct 30, 2009 and deorbited on Nov 1 at 2125 UTC over the S Pacific.