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		Rocket: H-2B Payload: H-2 Transfer Vehicle Date: January 22, 2011 Time: 0537 GMT (12:37 a.m. EST) Site: Launch Pad 2, Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan Mission status center Cargo transfers Station arrival story Photos: Robotic spaceship arrives at ISS Rendezvous preview story Station approach timeline Launch story Photos: H-2B rocket blasts off with HTV Launch events timeline Ground track map Weather delay

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Japanese rocket launches cargo freighter
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: January 23, 2011

These photos chronicle the rollout and launch of Japan's largest rocket -- the H-2B -- with a robotic cargo freighter bound for the International Space Station. The H-2 Transfer Vehicle carries scientific experiments, water, food and other supplies for the outpost.

Liftoff was at 0537 GMT (12:37 a.m. EST; 2:37 p.m. JST) Saturday from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.

Credit: JAXA

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