Spacecraft Release

HTV-X1 Release & Reentry

International Space Station International Space Station H3-24 | HTV-X1

The JAXA HTV-X1 will be unberthed from the ISS before initiating a destructive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere taking waste along with it.

Updates

LL2 • March 6, 2026, 4:44 p.m.

Official Webcast by NASA has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 19, 2026, 5:19 a.m.

Added planned departure date and time.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 30, 2026, 4:34 p.m.

NET 1st week of March.


hitura-nobad • Jan. 12, 2026, 7:55 p.m.

Targeting January 27th for departure

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First flight of the upgraded Japanese HTV-X spacecraft designed to resupply the International Space Station.

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