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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 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
Success Rate
100.0%
Successes
9
Failures
0
Success Streak
9
Partial Failures
0
Active 2009 to 2020
Price
$112.50 million
Rocket
Height: 56.6m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 16,500 kg
GTO: 8,000 kg
Fairing
Diameter: 5.1m
Height: 15m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
4