// human spaceflight · 2009

HTV-1

Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. HTV-1 was launched on September 10, 2009 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Sep 17, 2009).

COSPAR 2009-048ANORAD 35817Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: HTV 1
Common name: HTV-1
Payload designation: HTV 1 Gijutso jissho-ki
International designator: 2009-048A
NORAD catalog number: 35817
GCAT identifier: S35817
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/600

Mission

Mission type: Human spaceflight
Use: Civil government
Program: HTV
Owner: JAXA
Country: Japan
Builder: MHI Aerospace Systems, Tobishima Plant
Platform (bus): HTV

Launch

Date: September 10, 2009 · 17:01 UTC
Launch record: 2009-048Success
Rocket: H-IIB
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 210 km
Apogee: 300 km
Inclination: 51.66°
Status: Grappled by another object
Status date: September 17, 2009
Last known active: Nov 1, 2009
End of operations: Nov 1, 2009

Size

Mass: 16.5 t
Dry mass: 8,000 kg
Length: 9.8 m
Diameter: 4.40 m
Span: 9.8 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3267962 (CC0).