HTV-1
Sign in to saveHTV-1, also known as the HTV Demonstration Flight or HTV Technical Demonstration Vehicle, was the first flight of the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle, launched in September 2009 to resupply the International Space Station and support the JAXA or Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). It was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft carrying a mixture of pressurised and unpressurised cargo to the International Space Station. After a 52-day successful mission, HTV departed the ISS on 31 October 2009 after being released by the station's robotic arm. The spacecraft re-entered in the atmosphere o
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- HTV-1
- Spaceflight.image
- HTV-1 before berthing.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- HTV-1 before berthing
- Spaceflight.insignia
- H-2TransferVehicle-1.png
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- ISS resupply
- Spaceflight.operator
- JAXA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2009-048A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 35817
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 52 days
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- HTV-1
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
- H-II Transfer Vehicle
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Spaceflight.dry_mass
- 11500 kg (note: empty mass without cargo )
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- 16000 kg
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 10 September 2009,17:01:46 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- H-IIB 304 (F1)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Tanegashima, Yoshinobu-2
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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9 sectionsContents
- Payloads
- Launch vehicle
- Operation
- Launch and rendezvous with ISS
- Departure from the ISS and re-entry
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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HTV-1, also known as the HTV Demonstration Flight or HTV Technical Demonstration Vehicle, was the first flight of the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle, launched in September 2009 to resupply the International Space Station and support the JAXA or Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). It was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft carrying a mixture of pressurised and unpressurised cargo to the International Space Station. After a 52-day successful mission, HTV departed the ISS on 31 October 2009 after being released by the station's robotic arm. The spacecraft re-entered in the atmosphere of Earth on 1 November 2009 and disintegrated on re-entry as planned.
== Payloads == HTV-1 carried of payload, lower than the maximum payload of the HTV in order to allow the spacecraft to carry additional propellant and batteries for the in-orbit verification phase of the flight.