Earth orbit
HTV 8
HTV 8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the HTV program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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HTV 8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the HTV program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2019-062; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 24 September 2019, 16:05:05 UTC
- Launch location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- H-IIB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A JAXA H-IIB rocket launched the HTV-8 mission on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 4:05 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- JAXA
- Vehicle
- H-IIB
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2019-062
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Sep 24, 2019, 16:05 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 24 2019
- Pad and location
- LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center
Humid and Partly Cloudy Temp: 74.12F Wind: 6.42mph
- Temperature
- 74°F
- Forecast updated
- Sep 24, 2019, 12:09 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 3 November 2019
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
HTV 8
GCAT program: HTV.
- GCAT ID
- S44546
- Manufacturer
- MHITO?
- Launch mass
- 6,225 kg
- Propulsion
- HBT-5 x 4
- Dimensions
- 9.8 m long · 4.4 m diameter · 9.8 m span
Gallery
One image from HTV 8.
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