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H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI (HTV)
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KOUNOTORI2/H-IIB F2 launch delay（January 19, 2011）
The launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 with the KOUNOTORI2 (HTV2, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) has been postponed as unfavorable weather is forecast around the launch time. The new launch day will be no earlier than January 22.
Launch Time of the KOUNOTORI2（January 18, 2011）
The launch time of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 with the KOUNOTORI2 (a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) onboard was set at 3:29:19 p.m. on January 20.
"KOUNOTORI" chosen as the nickname of H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)（November 11, 2010）
As the result of nickname campaign for the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), "KOUNOTORI" was selected.
HTV-1 reentered the atmosphere / HTV-1 mission completed（November 2, 2009）
Following the third de-orbit maneuver, the HTV-1 has reentered the atmosphere at around 6:26 a.m. November 2, from 120 km above New Zealand, and it concluded the HTV-1 Mission, the maiden flight of Japan's unmanned cargo transfer vehicle to the ISS.
HTV-1 performed the third and final de-orbit maneuver（November 2, 2009）
The HTV-1 began the final de-orbit maneuver at 5:53 a.m. November 2, while the spacecraft was passing over the Central Asia. The maneuver was completed at 6:01 a.m.
HTV-1 go for final de-orbit maneuver / reentry（November 2, 2009）
Following the second de-orbit maneuver, the HTV-1 was inserted into an elliptic orbit with an altitude of 143 km perigee and 335 km apogee.
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