H-IIB
In-activeMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
Sept. 10, 2009
Description
H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.
Specifications
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Max Stage
2 -
Length
56.6 m -
Diameter
5.2 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
551.0 T -
Thrust
9000.0 kN
Family
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Name
H-IIB -
Family
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Variant
304 -
Alias
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Full Name
H-IIB 304
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
$112500000 -
Low Earth Orbit
16500.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
8000.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Commercial
President: Seiji Izumisawa
MHI 1884Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
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