H-IIB - HTV2 - Launch 2011.Jan.20

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http://www.jaxa.jp : Launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle 2 (HTV2) Aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2

November 10, 2010 (JST)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. would like to announce that the launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 (H-IIB F2) with the H-II Transfer Vehicle 2 (HTV2, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) onboard was reported to the Space Activities Commission (SAC) as follows.

Scheduled date of launch : January 20 (Thursday), 2010 (Japan Standard Time, JST)
Launch time : Around 3:29 p.m. (JST)*1
Launch windows : January 21 (Fri.) through February 28 (Mon.), 2011 (JST)*2
Launch Site : Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center


(*1) Time will be determined by the updated orbit of the International Space Station (ISS.)
(*2) The launch day and time during the launch windows shall be decided by the international coordination for ISS operations.


Mission website:

H-IIB Launch Vehicle
HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle)

 

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http://www.jaxa.jp : "KOUNOTORI" Chosen as Nickname of the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)

November 11, 2010 (JST)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), a cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS), between August 27 (Fri.) and September 30 (Thu.), 2010, to familiarize people with the HTV.

Among many suggestions, the following nickname was selected.

1. Selection result: The chosen nickname is "KOUNOTORI" meaning "white stork"
2. Reason for selection
A white stork carries an image of conveying an important thing (a baby, happiness, and other joyful things); therefore, it precisely expresses the HTV's mission to transport essential materials to the ISS.
3. Received application:
Total: 17,236 (Among them, acceptable applications totaled 17,026, and those who proposed "KOUNOTORI" was 217.)
(Breakdown)
Through the Website 13,528
FAX, Postcard 1,077
Application form 2,631


Note) JAXA will send a certificate and a commemorative gift to all godparents of "KOUNOTORI." The winner of the trip to the Tanegashima Space Center to see off the KOUNOTORI launch has been announced on the website of the International Space Station (ISS) / Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" (http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/).

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Mission website:

KOUNOTORI2/H-IIB Launch Vehicle No.2 Special Site
HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle)