Kounotori 6

Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. Kounotori 6 was launched on December 9, 2016 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Dec 13, 2016).

COSPAR 2016-076ANORAD 41881Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: Kounotori 6 gouki
Common name: Kounotori 6
Payload designation: HTV 6
International designator: 2016-076A
NORAD catalog number: 41881
GCAT identifier: S41881
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/812

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: December 9, 2016 · 13:26 UTC
Launch record: 2016-076Success
Rocket: H-IIB
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 276 km
Apogee: 302 km
Inclination: 51.65°
Status: Grappled by another object
Status date: December 13, 2016
Last known active: Feb 5, 2017
End of operations: Feb 5, 2017

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

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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q19864752 (CC0).