Engineering:HTV-X1

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Short description: Planned Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS


HTV-X1
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorJAXA
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftHTV-X1
Spacecraft typeHTV-X
ManufacturerMHI
Start of mission
Launch date2025 (planned)[1]
RocketH3-24W[2]
Launch siteTanegashima LA-Y2
ContractorMHI
Berthing at ISS
HTV-X2 →
 

HTV-X1 is the first flight and the technical demonstration mission of HTV-X, an uncrewed expendable cargo spacecraft. (As of December 2023), it is intended to be launched in 2025 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).[1]

Cargo

In addition to the primary mission of carrying the resupply cargo to the ISS, HTV-X1 will carry the following payloads:[2]

  • i-SEEP
  • 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

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