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Kounotori 7
Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. Kounotori 7 was launched on September 22, 2018 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Sep 27, 2018).
COSPAR 2018-073ANORAD 43630Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kounotori 7 gouki
- Common name
- Kounotori 7
- Payload designation
- HTV 7
- International designator
- 2018-073A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43630
- GCAT identifier
- S43630
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/869
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
- September 22, 2018 · 17:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-073Success
- Rocket
- H-IIB
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 276 km
- Apogee
- 302 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Grappled by another object
- Status date
- September 27, 2018
- Last known active
- Nov 10, 2018
- End of operations
- Nov 10, 2018
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 Q27048771 (CC0).