HTV-X

Also known as New Space-Station Resupply Vehicle

HTV-X, also known as the , is a Japanese cargo spacecraft of JAXA. Designed as the successor to the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions, it was first launched on 26 October 2025.

Key facts

Spacecraft class.name: HTV-X
Spacecraft class.image: Iss073e1045697-cropped.jpg
Spacecraft class.image_caption: HTV X-1 on approach to the International Space Station
Spacecraft class.manufacturer: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Spacecraft class.country: Japan
Spacecraft class.operator: JAXA
Spacecraft class.applications: ISS resupply
Spacecraft class.spacecraft_type: Cargo
Spacecraft class.status: Active
Spacecraft class.planned: 2
Spacecraft class.launched: 1
Spacecraft class.operational: 1
Spacecraft class.maidenlaunch: 26 October 2025 (HTVX1)
Spacecraft class.derivedfrom: H-II Transfer Vehicle
Spacecraft class.insignia: HTV-X logo-White (cropped).svgclass=skin-invert
Spacecraft class.launch_vehicle: H3

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Official website

HTV-X ミッション | JAXA 有人宇宙技術部門

新型宇宙ステーション補給機（HTV-X）は宇宙ステーション補給機「こうのとり」（HTV）の後継となるJAXAの次世代無人補給船。打上げ・ミッション情報、機体仕様などを掲載しています。

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Wikidata facts

Diameter: 4.4
Mass: 16000
Official website: humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/htv-x
Height: 8.0

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payload mass: 1750
service entry: 2025-10-26
Commons category: HTV-X
volume as quantity: 39

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Background
Design
History
Flights
See also
References
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== Background == The HTV-X is manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries with contributions from Mitsubishi Electric. IHI Aerospace provides the propulsion system and American company Sierra Nevada Corporation provides the Common Berthing Mechanism and hatch kit.