Kounotori 7

Kounotori 7

H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) approaching the ISS
Mission type	ISS resupply
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[1]
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
HTV ISS Resupply ← Kounotori 6 Kounotori 8 →

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.^[2][3][1]

Reentry capsule

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.^[4] On 22 October 2015, a high-altitude drop test of the capsule was successfully conducted off the coast of Taiki, Hokkaido.^[5]

References

1. "Spaceflight101 Launch Calendar". Spaceflight101. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
2. NASA Office of Inspector General (June 28, 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
3. Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2016-07-11). "HTV". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
4. "契約相手方の選定結果の公示" (PDF) (in Japanese). JAXA. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
5. "Result of the high-altitude drop test of a simulated small return capsule to establish return technology". JAXA. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-19.

External links

• JAXA HTV page