H-II Transfer Vehicle

All the parts of the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV,) the supply transfer vehicle to the International Space Station, were assembled for an all-vehicle functional test ahead of its first flight. They are the 'Logistic Carrier Pressurized Section', the cargo section of the 'Un-pressurized Carrier', the 'Exposed Pallet', the 'Avionics Module' and the 'Propellant Module'. This was the first time that all the modules were assembled. The size of the assembled HTV was about the same size as the Pressurized Module of the Japanese Experiment Module 'Kibo'. The HTV will be the largest payload that JAXA has ever launched.
During the all-vehicle functional test, all the modules are mechanically and electrically connected to verify their function as one piece of the vehicle such as proper pipe routing and electric conductivity.
The first HTV is scheduled to be launched by the H-IIB Launch Vehicle in September 2009 at the earliest.

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Science & Technology

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• HTV
• transfer
• vehicle
• ISS
• Japan
• JAXA

[A86]

It's an unmanned cargo transfer vehicle. The Japanese H-IIB rocket launches it into orbit and the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)'s systems guide it towards the International Space Station. It then docks with one of the ISS's ports and the astronauts can open it up and transfer tons of fresh cargo supplies into the station and dump tons of waste into it. When it's filled up with waste it detaches from the station and deorbits so it burns up in the atmosphere and burns the waste with it.

[shariar1995]

what is it supposed to do

[A86]

Ah, so that's the H-II Transfer Vehicle. This is the first time I've ever seen a real picture of it. Thanks!

[jpcorba]

if you have video on the HII-B rocket i am nteressed to, thanks

[jpcorba]

thanks for vidoeo, youtube link already on forum

[blagevil]

i hope the japanese space prog doesnt lie to the rest of the world like the russians and americans do. oh yeah and the nazis cant forget them.