H-IIB made its maiden flight from Tanegashima, launching Japan's first H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1, Kounotori) to resupply the ISS's Kibo laboratory, successfully debuting both the new rocket and cargo spacecraft.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 21 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 9 H-IIB 304 flights
- Date and time
- 10 September 2009, 17:01 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIB 304
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Resupply
- International designator
- 2009-048
- Launches in 2009
- 51st of 78
See it in orbit
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