Rocket: H-2B
Payload: HTV 3
Date: July 20, 2012
Time: 10:06 p.m. EDT
Site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan
ISS capture: July 27 @ 8:23 a.m. EDT
ISS unberth: Sept. 6

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HTV brochure

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By Justin Ray

Welcome to Spaceflight Now's live coverage of the Japanese H-2B rocket launching the third HTV cargo freighter to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.


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