HTV-8 launch

JAXA’s H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 8 (H-IIB F8) launched the H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI8” (HTV-8) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 24 September 2019, at 16:05 UTC (25 September, at 01:05 Japan Standard Time - JST). The unpiloted cargo spacecraft HTV-8 is loaded with more than four tons of supplies, spare parts and experiment hardware. Kounotori 8, meaning white stork in Japanese, will arrive at the International Space Station on 28 September 2019. Credit: