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Kounotori 5
Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. Kounotori 5 was launched on August 19, 2015 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Aug 24, 2015).
COSPAR 2015-038ANORAD 40873Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kounotori 5 gouki
- Common name
- Kounotori 5
- Payload designation
- HTV 5
- International designator
- 2015-038A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40873
- GCAT identifier
- S40873
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/766
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 19, 2015 · 11:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-038Success
- Rocket
- H-IIB
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 244 km
- Apogee
- 302 km
- Inclination
- 51.68°
- Status
- Grappled by another object
- Status date
- August 24, 2015
- Last known active
- Sep 29, 2015
- End of operations
- Sep 29, 2015
Size
- Mass
- 6,225 kg
- Dry mass
- 6,225 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 16.1 t
- 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 Q16821032 (CC0).