Launch vehicle · JAXA

H-II

RocketsMedium-lift

Imagery

H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) — H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)
ISS020-E-040494 (17 Sept. 2009) --- A close-up view of a portion of the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as it arrives at the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency…
2009
NASA/Johnson · NASA media (public domain)
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Overview

Japan's first entirely domestically developed launch vehicle, using cryogenic LH2/LOX stages.

Components & hardware

Family

Launch pads

Yoshinobu Launch Complex

Knowledge connections

Member of familyH series
Operated byJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
Launched fromYoshinobu Launch Complex
Replaced byH-IIA
Basis forH-IIA

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.