🚀Launchpad

H-IIB 304

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Hersteller
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Familie
H-II
Erstflug
2009-09-10
Länge
56.6 m
Durchmesser
5.2 m
Nutzlast LEO
16.500 kg
Nutzlast GTO
8.000 kg
Starts
9
Erfolgreich
9

H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.