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Kounotori 4

Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. Kounotori 4 was launched on August 3, 2013 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Aug 9, 2013).

COSPAR 2013-040ANORAD 39221Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
Kounotori 4 gouki
Common name
Kounotori 4
Payload designation
HTV 4
International designator
2013-040A
NORAD catalog number
39221
GCAT identifier
S39221
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/693

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
August 3, 2013 · 19:48 UTC
Launch record
2013-040Success
Rocket
H-IIB
Spaceport
Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
281 km
Apogee
302 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Grappled by another object
Status date
August 9, 2013
Last known active
Sep 7, 2013
End of operations
Sep 7, 2013

Size

Mass
15.4 t
Dry mass
8,700 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 Q14468029 (CC0).