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H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI (HTV)
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KOUNOTORI6 performed its second de-orbit maneuver for reentry（February 5, 2017）
KOUNOTORI6 (HTV6) performed its second de-orbit maneuver for the reentry into the Earth's atmosphere at 7:12 p.m., February 5. The third de-orbit maneuver will take place at 11:42 p.m. KOUNOTORI6 is scheduled to reenter into the atmosphere at 0:06 a.m., February 6.
KOUNOTORI6 performed its first de-orbit maneuvers for reentry（February 5, 2017）
KOUNOTORI6 (HTV6) performed its first de-orbit maneuver for the reentry into the Earth's atmosphere at 5:42 p.m., February 5. KOUNOTORI6 will perform two more maneuvers and is scheduled to reenter the atmosphere at 0:06 a.m., February 6.
KOUNOTORI6 Leaves the ISS（January 28, 2017）
Grappled by the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), KOUNOTORI6 was moved to the releasing point below the ISS and was released at 0:45 a.m., January 28.
KOUNOTORI6 was unberthed from the nadir port of Harmony (Node 2) by the SSRMS（January 27, 2017）
Following the hatch closure at 8:22 p.m., on January 26, KOUNOTORI6 was unberthed from the nadir port of Harmony (Node 2) by the SSRMS at 7:59 p.m., January 27.
The Exposed Pallet (EP) of KOUNOTORI6 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI6's Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC)（January 23, 2017）
The Exposed Pallet (EP) of KOUNOTORI6 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI6's Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC) at 11:20 a.m., January 23.
Transfer of the Exposed Pallet (EP) begins（December 14, 2016）
The Exposed Pallet (EP) with the new ISS battery Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) onboard was pulled out from the Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC) of KOUNOTORI6
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