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

Kounotori 6 (HTV-6)

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Launch Details

Date: 9 Dec 2016, 01:26 pm UTC

Rocket: H-IIB (H-II)

Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mission

Type: Resupply

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

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

Mission Description

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.