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H-IIB

H-IIB (H2B) was an expendable space launch system jointly developed by the Japanese government's space agency JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was used to launch the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station. The H-IIB was a liquid-fueled rocket, with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.

Missions: 9

Successes: 9

Partial Failures: 0

Failures: 0

Success Streak: 9

Success Rate: 100%

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Configurations

H-IIB

Image Credit: MHI

MHI

Status: Retired

Price: $112.5 million

Payload to LEO: 16,500 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,000 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 56.6 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.1 m

Fairing Height: 15.0 m

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Launch Sites

LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Launches

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-9

Wed May 20, 2020 17:31 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-8

Tue Sep 24, 2019 16:05 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-7

Sat Sep 22, 2018 17:52 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-6

Fri Dec 09, 2016 13:26 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-5

Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:50 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-4

Sat Aug 03, 2013 19:48 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-3

Sat Jul 21, 2012 02:06 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-2

Sat Jan 22, 2011 05:37 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

MHI

H-IIB | HTV-1

Thu Sep 10, 2009 17:01 UTC
LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan