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H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI (HTV)

HTV9 Mission Timeline

Last Updated: May 1, 2020
Flight Day Major mission events
FD1 打上げ
  • Launch, Orbit Insertion
  • Post-insertion auto sequence
    • HTV subsystem activations
    • Attitude control
    • Anomaly check
    • Establishment of communication with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)
    • Initiation of communication with the HTV Mission Control Room (HTV MCR) at the Tsukuba Space Center
  • Initiation of Rendezvous Maneuver
FD1 to FD4 ランデブ
  • Rendezvous Maneuver to the ISS
FD4 キャプチャ
  • Proximity Operations, Final Approach
    • Streaming live video from HTV to ISS via wireless LAN communication / Wireless LAN Demonstration (WLD)
  • Capture by the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS)
  • Berthing to the ISS
    • Berthing to the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) on the Harmony's Nadir Port
    • Vestibule outfitting (connection of power and communication line)
    • Switching of the communications line (Radio wave to fixed line)
- ハッチオープン
  • Crew ingress to the Pressurized Logistics Carrier (PLC)
    • Hatch open
    • Activation of the Inter-Module Ventilation (IMV)
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  • Cargo Transfer from the PLC to the ISS
- 曝露パレットの移送
  • Removal of the Exposed Pallet (EP) from the HTV's Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC), and transfer to the ISS truss using the SSRMS/Mobaile Transporter (MT)
- バッテリ
  • Transfer of the ISS battery ORUs assembled Japanese lithium-ion battery cells out of the EP using Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM)
  • The old nickel hydride batteries are replaced by the new lithium-ion batteries which are continuously delivered by HTV6 to HTV9.

- 曝露パレット
  • Reinstallation of the EP back into the HTV's ULC
- 物資の移送
  • Cargo transfer / Trash loading
A day before departure from the ISS 分離準備
  • Preparation for the HTV departure from the ISS
    • IMV de-activation
    • Hatch closure
    • Switching of the communications line (Fixed line to radio wave)
Departure from the ISS
  • HTV departure from the ISS
    • Deactivation of HTV power supply from ISS
    • Disconnection of power and communication line
    • HTV grapple by the SSRMS
    • CBM bolts release
    • SSRMS moves HTV to the release position
    • Activation of the Guidance Navigation Control (GNC), activation of HTV propulsion system
    • SSRMS releases HTV
    • HTV departs from the ISS
Reentry 分離
  • Fiery Reentry

In-flight schedule of the HTV mission is subject to change depending on the ISS's operational timeline.
Photos used in the table were taken during the previous HTV missions.

*All times are Japan Standard Time (JST. UTC + 9 hours)

 
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