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Kounotori-3 (HTV-3)
Kounotori-3 (HTV-3) is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the HTV program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Kounotori-3 (HTV-3) 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 2012-038; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 July 2012, 02:06:18 UTC
- Launch location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- H-IIB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 14 September 2012
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Kounotori-3 (HTV-3)
GCAT program: HTV.
- GCAT ID
- S38706
- Manufacturer
- MHITO?
- Launch mass
- 15,400 kg
- Propulsion
- HBT-5 x 4
- Dimensions
- 9.8 m long · 4.4 m diameter · 9.8 m span
Visual archive
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