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    H-IIB (H2B) was an expendable space launch system jointly developed by the Japanese government's space agency JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It...
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    active service (as of 2020) for various purposes. A derivative design, the H-IIB, was developed in the 2000s and made its maiden flight in 2009 before finally...
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    the HTV's first mission, HTV-1, was launched on 10 September 2009 on an H-IIB launch vehicle. The name Kounotori was chosen because "a white stork carries...
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  • made by JAXA using H-II, H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 rockets. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022   H-II   H-IIA   H-IIB   H3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1994...
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    LE-7 (section Use on H-IIB)
    turbopump: 41,900 rpm Liquid oxygen turbopump: 18,300 rpm LE-5 LE-9 H-II, H-IIA, & H-IIB Comparison of orbital rocket engines Liquid-fuel rocket Staged combustion...
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    end H-IIA operations with H-IIA Flight No. 50 and retire it by March 2025. JAXA operated the H-IIB, an upgraded version of the H-IIA, from September 2009...
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    Space launch vehicles: H-II H-IIA H-IIB H-III N-I (with license from McDonnell-Douglas) N-II (with license from McDonnell-Douglas) H-I (with license from...
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    hangar in Tanegashima Space Center. H-II Orbiting Plane (HOPE) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) H-II (rocket family) H-IIA H-IIB Comparison of orbital launchers...
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    collection of facilities were originally built for the H-II launch vehicle and later used for H-IIA, H-IIB and H3 launches. It is the most Northern launch complex...
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    Kounotori 2 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched by the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 (H-IIB F2) manufactured...
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  • H2 (redirect from H-2)
    H2 H-II, a family of Japanese liquid-fueled rockets H-IIA H-IIB H-II Transfer Vehicle, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency uncrewed spacecraft H-2 MUPSOW...
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    HTV-1 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    launched on the maiden flight of the H-IIB launch vehicle. The H-IIB 304 configuration was used, with a type 5S-H payload fairing. Before launch, two Captive...
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    the H-IIA and H-IIB, which were based on the H-II. The design goal of the H3 is to increase launch capability at a lower cost than the H-IIA and H-IIB. To...
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    Kounotori 4 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    International Space Station. It launched from Tanegashima Space Center aboard H-IIB No. 4 (H-IIB F4) rocket on 3 August 2013 and connected to ISS by 9 August 2013;...
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    Kounotori 3 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    H-II Transfer Vehicle. It was launched on 21 July 2012 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 3 (H-IIB...
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  • solid-fueled rocket booster manufactured by IHI Corporation for use on the H-IIA, H-IIB, and Epsilon rockets. SRB-A is 2.5 meters in diameter, and 15.1 meters...
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  • RAIKO was launched aboard the Kounotori 3 (HTV-3) spacecraft, atop an H-IIB launch vehicle flying from pad LC-Y2 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at...
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    Kounotori 7 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    weather forecast pushed it one day to 17:52 UTC on 22 September 2018. The H-IIB launch vehicle carrying Kounotori 7 launched at 17:52:27 UTC on 22 September...
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    Type 89 IFV Type 90 Kyū-maru Type 10 Launch vehicles N-I N-II H-I H-II H-IIA H-IIB H3 Missiles Type 88 Type 89 Type 90 Type 91 Ships Akizuki class Atago...
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  • inversely proportional to specific impulse and has units of g/(kN·s) or lb/(lbf·h). Specific fuel consumption is used extensively for describing the performance...
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  • fleet H-II, a family of Japanese liquid-fueled rockets H-IIA H-IIB H-II Transfer Vehicle, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency uncrewed spacecraft H II region...
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    Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500 gas turbines giving them a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). Starboard beam view of the JS Kirishima All four Kongo-class destroyers...
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    cycle diagram. The engine efficiency, or thermal efficiency, known as η t h {\displaystyle \eta _{th}} . is dependent on the Thermodynamic cycle parameters...
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    Kounotori 6 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    Space Station. It was launched at 13:26:47 UTC on 9 December 2016 aboard H-IIB launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center. Major changes from previous...
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    Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500 gas turbines giving them a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The installation of three generators is also retained, but the output...
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    Type 89 IFV Type 90 Kyū-maru Type 10 Launch vehicles N-I N-II H-I H-II H-IIA H-IIB H3 Missiles Type 88 Type 89 Type 90 Type 91 Ships Akizuki class Atago...
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  • string theory is a unified term that includes both type IIA strings and type IIB strings theories. Type II string theory accounts for two of the five consistent...
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    Kounotori 8 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    via Twitter. Expedition 61 "Launch Result of the H-II Transfer Vehicle Kounotori 8 aboard the H-IIB Vehicle No. 8". Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 25 September...
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    Kounotori 5 (category H-II Transfer Vehicles)
    again to 19 August 2015. Kounotori 5 was successfully launched with a H-IIB No. 5 (H-IIB F5) Launch vehicle flying from pad 2 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex...
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    south of Kyūshū, the Tanegashima Space Center (TCS) is the launch site for H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), called Kounotori (こうのとり, Oriental stork or white...
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