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Kounotori 3
Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. Kounotori 3 was launched on July 21, 2012 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Jul 27, 2012).
COSPAR 2012-038ANORAD 38706Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kounotori 3 gouki
- Common name
- Kounotori 3
- Payload designation
- HTV 3
- International designator
- 2012-038A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38706
- GCAT identifier
- S38706
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/663
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
- July 21, 2012 · 02:06 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-038Success
- Rocket
- H-IIB
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 233 km
- Apogee
- 300 km
- Inclination
- 51.66°
- Status
- Grappled by another object
- Status date
- July 27, 2012
- Last known active
- Sep 14, 2012
- End of operations
- Sep 14, 2012
Size
- Mass
- 15.4 t
- Dry mass
- 8,700 kg
- Length
- 9.8 m
- Diameter
- 4.40 m
- Span
- 9.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3273069 (CC0).