HTV-X1
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | JAXA |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | HTV-X1 |
Spacecraft type | HTV-X |
Manufacturer | MHI |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 2025[1] (planned) |
Rocket | H3-24W[2] |
Launch site | Tanegashima LA-Y2 |
Contractor | MHI |
Berthing at ISS | |
HTV-X1 is the first flight and the technical demonstration mission of HTV-X, an uncrewed expendable cargo spacecraft. As of 2024[update], it is intended to be launched in 2025 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).[3]
Cargo
[edit]In addition to the primary mission of carrying the resupply cargo to the ISS, HTV-X1 will carry the following payloads:[2]
- i-SEEP, an exposed experiment platform
- DELIGHT, a technology demonstration of lightweight expandable flat antenna
- Mt.FUJI, a technology demonstration for satellite laser ranging
- Microsatellites to be deployed from HTV-X1 after departure from ISS
References
[edit]- ^ "HTV-X1". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ a b 新型宇宙ステーション補給機(HTV‐X)の開発状況について (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "宇宙基本計画⼯程表 (令和5年度改訂)" [Basic Plan on Space Policy (2023 Revision)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Cabinet Office. 22 December 2023. p. 45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.