Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
H-IIB
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
(MHI)
Launch Vehicle
H-IIB
Configuration: 304
Family: H2B
H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.
Resupply
Maiden flight of the uncrewed cargo spacecraft to International Space Station.