Zakończono lot ostatniego HTV 20.08. o 06:40 statek transportowy
HTV-9 wykonał trzeci i ostatni manewr obniżenia orbity, po czym o 07:07 wszedł
na wysokości 120 km w gęste warstwy atmosfery i spłonął, a jego pozostałości wpadły pomiędzy 07:19 a 07:57 do Pacyfiku. Zakończył się w ten sposób ostatni lot statku tego typu. Następcą ma być statek typu
HTV-X, którego pierwszy lot jest zaplanowany w 2022 roku.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n200816.htm#02HTV-9 departure4952 wyświetlenia•18 sie 2020
International, Commercial Partners Gear Up for Cargo and Crew MissionsAuthor Mark Garcia Posted on August 17, 2020
The Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to grapple and remove Japan's HTV-9 resupply ship from the Harmony module. Canada’s robotic arm is poised to remove Japan’s ninth and final H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-9) from the International Space Station on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Russia are preparing for the launch of their respective crew ships to the orbiting lab in October. (...)
The HTV-9 will spend two more days orbiting Earth before a fiery, atmospheric demise over the South Pacific. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) is developing an upgraded fleet of HTV-X space station suppliers, replacing the HTV series of spaceships, targeted for their first launch in 2022. (...)
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/08/17/international-commercial-partners-gear-up-for-cargo-and-crew-missions/Space Traffic Clear at Station Until OctoberMark Garcia Posted on August 19, 2020
Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy applies a mission sticker inside the space station to signify the departure of Japan’s HTV-9 resupply ship from the U.S. Harmony module.(...) Commander Chris Cassidy switched off communications gear today used to send commands to Japan’s H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 (HTV-9) after its departure on Tuesday. The HTV-9 will orbit Earth until Thursday morning when it descends into the atmosphere for a fiery, but safe demise over the South Pacific. (...)
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/08/19/space-traffic-clear-at-station-until-october/Japan's final HTV cargo spacecraft leaves space station for fiery endAugust 18, 2020 — Japan's "white stork" has taken flight from the International Space Station for the last time.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) ninth H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV-9, was released from its temporary perch at the end of the space station's robotic arm on Tuesday (Aug. 18) at 1:36 p.m. EDT (1736 GMT). The uncrewed cargo vehicle, which JAXA nicknamed the "Kounotori," or "white stork," will spend two more days in orbit before flight controllers in Tsukuba, Japan command an engine burn that it will send the spacecraft plunging back into Earth's atmosphere. (...)
In total, the nine Kounotori delivered more than 80,150 pounds (36,356 kg) of science equipment and supplies, including 58,513 pounds (26,541 kg) of pressurized cargo and 21,636 pounds (9,814 kg) of unpressurized cargo. The vehicles also disposed of nearly 48,000 pounds (21,695 kg) of trash, including 35,236 pounds (15,983 kg) of pressurized refuse and 12,593 pounds (5,712 kg) of unpressurized spent hardware. (...)
As it moved away, HTV-9 enabled one more experiment, completing the already successful Wireless LAN Demonstration (WLD). In a first, the HTV transmitted live images to the space station in real time. The technology may someday support autonomous dockings on future missions, including between vehicles operating around the moon and Mars.
The HTV is the third type of visiting vehicle to retire after flying in support of the ISS program. After NASA's space shuttle landed from its last mission in 2011, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) flew its fifth and final mission in 2015. The space station continues to be supplied by Russia's Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus freighter and SpaceX's Dragon capsule. Boeing's Starliner and Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser are expected to enter service in 2021. (...)
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081820a-jaxa-last-htv-kounotori-space-station.htmlhttps://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-9/AA
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