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KOUNOTORI8 Leaves the ISS

Last Updated: November 2, 2019

KOUNOTORI8 being released by the SSRMS (Credit: JAXA/NASA)

Captured by the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), KOUNOTORI8 was moved to the releasing point below the station and released into orbit at 2:20 a.m., November 2.

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