HTV-X

HTV-X
Country of originJapan
OperatorJAXA
ApplicationsAutomated cargo spacecraft to resupply the ISS
Specifications
Spacecraft typeCargo
Launch mass16 t[1]
Payload capacityPressurised: 4.07 t, Unpressurised: 1.75 t[2]
VolumePressurised: 78 m3 (2,800 cu ft)[1]
Power3 kW[1]
Design life6 months (berthed to ISS)[1] / 1.5 years (after departure from ISS)[2]
Production
StatusIn development
Maiden launch2025 (planned)[3]
Related spacecraft
Derived fromH-II Transfer Vehicle

New Space-Station Resupply Vehicle (新型宇宙ステーション補給機, Shingata Uchū Sutēshon Hokyūki), tentatively called HTV-X, is an uncrewed expendable cargo spacecraft under development by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as the successor of H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). As of December 2023, the first flight is planned to be launched in early 2025 to resupply the International Space Station.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference jaxa20210209 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "HTV-X". JAXA. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "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.

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