Kounotori 5 (HTV-5)
H-IIB 304
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission
Kounotori 5 (HTV-5)
- Type: Resupply
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $112,500,000
Uncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station.
Location
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 has witnessed the launch of 11 rockets, including 11 orbital launch attempts, while Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, has been the site for 90 rocket launches.
Rocket
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIB 304
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.
Agency
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.
MHI’s products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world’s 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
