Kounotori 8

Cargo resupply spacecraft for the International Space Station. Kounotori 8 was launched on September 24, 2019 aboard a H-IIB from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (Sep 28, 2019).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Kounotori 8 gouki
Common name: Kounotori 8
Payload designation: HTV 8
International designator: 2019-062A
NORAD catalog number: 44546
GCAT identifier: S44546
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/966

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 24, 2019 · 16:05 UTC
Launch record: 2019-062Success
Rocket: H-IIB
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 350 km
Apogee: 364 km
Inclination: 51.65°
Status: Grappled by another object
Status date: September 28, 2019
Last known active: Nov 3, 2019
End of operations: Nov 3, 2019

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 Q27048780 (CC0).