KOUNOTORI3
KOUNOTORI3 resupplied the International Space Station with pressurized cargo and exposed payloads including the Aquatic Habitat, the JEM small-satellite deployer and five CubeSats. It also carried the i-Ball recorder to gather imagery and engineering data during destructive re-entry.
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Identity
- Aliases
- HTV3HTV-3H-II Transfer Vehicle 3
- Name
- KOUNOTORI3
- Slug
- kounotori3
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- KOUNOTORI3 resupplied the International Space Station with pressurized cargo and exposed payloads including the Aquatic Habitat, the JEM small-satellite deployer and five CubeSats. It also carried the i-Ball recorder to gather imagery and engineering data during destructive re-entry.
- End Date
- 2012-09-14
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- KOUNOTORI3 completed cargo delivery and a roughly 56-day mission; i-Ball survived the vehicle's re-entry long enough to return the planned engineering data.
- Program
- KOUNOTORI (HTV)
- Start Date
- 2012-07-21
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:26:44 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:26:44 UTC
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