Japan Schedules Cargo Transporter Launch to ISS for December 9

Japan Schedules Cargo Transporter Launch to ISS for December 9
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2016

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Japanese cargo spaceship KOUNOTORI6 is set to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 9, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Friday.

KOUNOTORI is an unmanned cargo transporter which will be launched with the H-IIB launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center.

It is designed to deliver up to 6 tons of food and clothes among other supplies.

Takuya Onishi, a Japanese astronaut who is currently at the ISS, is about to return to Earth at the end of October. He will be replaced by the Norishige Kanai in 2017.

Source: Sputnik News

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