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HTV-X1

Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station launched in 2025. HTV-X1 was launched on October 26, 2025 aboard a H3-24W from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Oct 29, 2025).

COSPAR 2025-241ANORAD 66174Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
HTV-X1
International designator
2025-241A
NORAD catalog number
66174
GCAT identifier
S66174

Mission

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

Launch

Date
October 26, 2025 · 00:00 UTC
Launch record
2025-241Success
Rocket
H3-24W
Spaceport
Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
347 km
Apogee
389 km
Inclination
51.63°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
October 29, 2025
Last known active
May 26, 2026
End of operations
May 26, 2026

Size

Mass
10.0 t
Dry mass
7,600 kg
Total mass with attached objects
16.0 t
Length
8.0 m
Diameter
4.40 m
Span
18.2 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q106041061 (CC0).