HTV-7 - H-2B (F7) - Танегасима - 22.09.2018

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MHI Launch Services‏ @MHI_LS 33 сек. назад

ターミナル・カウントダウン作業が開始されました。これより射点周辺400mの立ち入りが制限されます。 Terminal countdown operation has started. Access will now be restricted within a radius of 400 meters from the launch pad.
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MHI Launch Services‏ @MHI_LS 5 мин. назад

これより射点周辺3000mの立ち入りが制限されます。Access will now be restricted within a radius of 3,000 meters from the launch pad.
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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 15 мин. назад

ARTICLE: Japan prepares for cargo launch to Space Station, test of new recoverable capsule -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/japan-cargo-space-station-test-new-recoverable-capsule/ ...

- By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF)

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MHI Launch Services‏ @MHI_LS 8 мин. назад

ロケットの誘導制御プログラムを作動させ、飛行中の姿勢を制御するための装置が正しく動作することを確認しました。By running programs of the guidance and control system mounted on H-IIB, it has been confirmed that all devices for flight attitude control are working as expected.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/09/14/japan-set-to-launch-resupply-ship-to-station-today/

Japan Set To Launch Resupply Ship to Station Today

Mark Garcia
Posted Sep 14, 2018 at 12:02 pm


The H-IIB rocket that is carrying the HTV-7 resupply ship from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) arrives at the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch a cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan today at 4:59 p.m. EDT (5:59 a.m. Sept. 15 Japan standard time).

Live coverage of the launch will begin at 4:30 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website.

The unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) is loaded with more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The spacecraft also is carrying a half dozen new lithium-ion batteries to continue upgrades to the station's power system.

The launch vehicle will send the HTV-7 into orbit on a four-day rendezvous for an arrival at the orbiting laboratory on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 5 мин. назад

At this time, we're at T-4hrs 30mins to the launch of #HTV7 to the @Space_Station. Per the countdown, the #HIIB rocket's fueling is wrapping up, with LOX and LH2 loading transitioning to "Replenish" mode.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/14/h-2b-htv-7-mission-status-center/

Live coverage: Japanese rocket set for launch with space station supply ship
September 14, 2018 | Stephen Clark

Upd ated: 09/14/2018 21:48 Stephen Clark

Japanese launch crews are preparing an H-2B rocket for liftoff fr om the country's picturesque spaceport on Tanegashima Island today, carrying a supply ship heading for the International Space Station.

Liftoff is set for 2059 GMT (4:59 p.m. EDT) Friday, or 5:59:14 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Saturday, shortly before sunrise at the launch site on Tanegashima Island on the southwestern end of the Japanese island chain.

The automated H-2 Transfer Vehicle is set to deliver its load of supplies, experiments and other hardware to the space station Monday.

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JAXA uses HTV missions to pay its share of the space station's annual operating budget, and it's the largest of the orbiting research's labs current fleet of cargo resupply vessels. The HTVs are built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The seventh HTV mission will deliver six new lithium-ion batteries to be installed on the space station's solar power truss, replacing aging nickel-hydrogen batteries used since solar array modules were launched in the 2000s.

The space station has four huge solar power modules, each with solar wings spanning around 240 feet (73 meters) tip-to-tip. Each solar array section powers two electrical channels with 12 charging nickel-hydrogen batteries, and NASA is replacing the old batteries in power truss section with six lighter, more efficient lithium-ion batteries.

The first set of six new batteries launched on the most recent HTV mission in 2016, and two more HTV deliveries in the next few years will finish the battery refresh.

With the help of the station's robotic handyman Dextre, astronauts will conduct two spacewalks in late September to install the fresh batteries launched in the Kounotori 7 spacecraft's external payload bay.

Two refrigerator-size Express science racks for NASA are stowed inside the HTV's pressurized cargo compartment, and an experimental European advanced closed-loop life support system is also riding to the station to demonstrate new air purification and oxygen-generation capabilities that could be used on future deep space missions.

The HTV is also se t to carry a new research facility called the Life Sciences Glovebox to the space station. The sealed glovebox, built by JAXA in partnership with the Dutch firm Bradford Engineering, will allow astronauts to work with biological and human physiology experiment samples.

Three Japanese CubeSats are also riding on the HTV supply ship to the space station, where they will be deployed into orbit.

For the first time, Japan is launching a sample return capsule inside the HTV supply ship to test a new re-entry system that could bring back experiment small specimens and other materials from the space station. The test capsule will be released from the HTV at the end of its mission, after departing the station and firing its engines for a deorbit burn.

The HTV is designed to burn up in the atmosphere during re-entry, but the small sample return capsule carries a heat shield to survive the trip back to Earth. The re-entry vehicle is relatively small, measuring 33 inches (84 centimeters) in diameter and 26 inches (66 centimeters) in height, with a weight of less than 400 pounds (180 kilograms), excluding the sample carried inside.

JAXA says the the capsule has an internal volume of about 30 liters, and astronauts could load up to 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of specimens inside.

The re-entry craft will deploy a parachute and splash down in the ocean, wh ere recovery teams will retrieve it and bring it back to Japan for analysis.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 7 мин. назад

Confirmed. #HTV7's launch to the @Space_Station has been SCRUBBED for today due to an issue detected with the rocket during post-fueling systems checkout. New launch date is understood to be 2 days from now on 16 Sept. EDT/UTC (which is 17 Sept. local time in Japan). #JAXA #HIIB

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 2 мин. назад

Approx launch time IF #JAXA can try again in two days (as suggested) would be 16 Sept. at ~20:16 UTC (16:16 EDT) -- which is 05:16 JST local time at the launch site.
#HTV7 #HIIB (We'll have an official target launch time soon. This is just an estimate based on ISS tracking)

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 3 мин. назад

EDIT: Actually, the 17 Sept. reference might be UTC -- meaning launch might be 3 days from now, not two. Working to figure out which time zone the 17 Sept was in reference to.
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Отсрочка запуска ракеты-носителя H-IIB F7

ネコビデオ ビジュアル ソリューションズ‏ @nvslive 42 мин. назад

H-IIBロケット7号機の打上げは延期 #H2BF7 #nvslive

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Пресс-конференция об отмене запуска H-IIB F7 запланирована на 06:00 2018-09-15 (JST)

柴田孔明‏ @koumeiShibata 11 мин. назад

H-IIB F7打ち上げ中止の記者会見は2018/09/15 6:00頃を予定。

21:00 2018-09-14 (UTC), 00:00 2018-09-15 (ДМВ)

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NOTAM

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J7294/18 -  REF AIP SUP 113/18 ITEM 1,2,3 LAUNCH OF H-2B-F7 WAS POSTPONED. ITEM 2.(2) FLT AVOIDANCE AND ITEM 3.3-1(2) UNUSABLE FLIGHT PROCEDURES,ETC. IN FORCE RMK/LAUNCHING DATE WILL BE NOTIFY BY FURTHER RJJJ NOTAM. SFC - UNL, 14 SEP 19:15 2018 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 14 SEP 19:15 2018

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/09/14/japan-postpones-rocket-launch-to-station/

Japan Postpones Rocket Launch to Station

Mark Garcia
Posted Sep 14, 2018 at 4:11 pm


JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) H-IIB rocket with the HTV-7 resupply ship atop sits at its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Credit: JAXA

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has postponed the scheduled launch of a Japanese cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) is loaded with more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments for the crew aboard the International Space Station.

A new launch date has not yet been determined.

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LH2‏ @LH2NHI 3 мин. назад

#h2bf7 H-IIB launch is canceled due to malfunction of the second stage liquid oxygen tank pressure relief valve. Valve open pressure is too low and it is impossible to pressurize the tank sufficiently.