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Kounotori 6

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The SSRMS grapples the Kounotori 6 spacecraft, prior to berthing on 13 December.

Mission type
ISS resupply
Operator JAXA
COSPAR ID 2016-076A
SATCAT no.
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Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type HTV

Start of mission
Launch date 13:26:47, 9 December 2016 (UTC) (2016-12-09T13:26:47Z)
Rocket
H-IIB 304[citation needed]
Launch site
Tanegashima Y2
Contractor Mitsubishi

End of mission
Disposal deorbited
Decay date 15:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC) (2017-02-05T15:06Z)

Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Epoch Planned

Berthing at ISS
Berthing port
Harmony nadir

RMS capture		 13 December 2016, 10:37 UTC
Berthing date 13 December 2016, 13:57 UTC
Unberthing date 27 January 2017, 10:59 UTC
RMS release 27 January 2017, 15:45 UTC

Cargo
Mass 5.9 t
Pressurised 3.9 t
Unpressurised 1.9 t


H-II Transfer Vehicle


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Kounotori 6 (こうのとり6号機), also known as HTV-6, is the sixth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station. It was launched at 13:26:47 UTC on 9 December 2016 aboard H-IIB launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center.




Contents






  • 1 Spacecraft


    • 1.1 Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment




  • 2 Cargo


  • 3 Operation


    • 3.1 Launch


    • 3.2 Operation while berthed to ISS


    • 3.3 Departure from the ISS and reentry to the Earth atmosphere




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links


    • 5.1 Images







Spacecraft[edit]


Major changes from previous Kounotori include:[1][2]



  • Built-in payloads to demonstrate new technologies: SFINKS and KITE, described below,

  • Reduction of primary batteries to 6 from previous 7,

  • Reduction of solar cell panels to 48 from previous 49,

  • Omission of some of navigation/position lights which were Earth-side when approaching to ISS.

  • Strengthened EP (Exposed Pallet) maximum payload to 1.9 t from previous 1.6 t to carry Li-ion batteries.


SFINKS (Solar Cell Film Array Sheet for Next Generation on Kounotori Six) will test thin film solar cells in space.[3]



Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment[edit]


KITE (Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment) was an experimental electrodynamic tether (EDT).[4][5] The tether was equipped with a 20 kg end-mass, and would have been 700 m long when deployed.[4][6][7] A maximum current of 10 mA was planned to run through the tether.[4] Kounotori's ISS rendezvous sensor would have been utilized to measure how the end-mass moves during the test.[4] The EDT experiment was scheduled following Kounotori 6's departure from the ISS, with a planned duration of one week.[4] After the experiment, the tether would have been separated before the spacecraft proceeds with the de-orbit maneuvers. The main objective of this experiment were the orbital demonstration of both extending an uncoated bare-tether, and driving electric currents through the EDT.[5] These two technologies will contribute to gaining capabilities to remove space debris.[5][8][9][10][11]



Cargo[edit]


Kounotori 6 carries about 5.9 t of cargo (including the support structure weight), consisting of 3.9 t in PLC (Pressurised Logistics Carrier) and 1.9 t in ULC (Unpressurised Logistics Carrier).[12]


Cargo in the pressurized compartment includes 30 bags filled with potable water (600 liters),[13][14] food, crew commodities, CDRA Bed (Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly), TPF (Two-Phase Flow) experiment unit, PS-TEPC (Position-Sensitive Tissue Equivalent Proportional Chamber) radiation measurement instrument, ExHAM (Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism), HDTV-EF2 hi-def and 4K camera, new J-SSOD (JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer), and CubeSats (AOBA-Velox III, TuPOD which comprises two TubeSats (Tancredo-1 and OSNSAT), EGG, ITF-2, STARS-C, FREEDOM, WASEDA-SAT3).[15][16][12] Cargo by NanoRacks includes TechEdSat-5,[17]CubeRider,[18]RTcMISS,[19] NREP-P DM7,[20][21] four Lemur-2.[22] Additionally, the Blue SPHERES satellite of the MIT Space Systems Laboratory is being returned to the ISS for continued autonomous systems research.[23][24][not in citation given]


Cargo in the unpressurized compartment consists of six Lithium-ion batteries and their associated adapter plates to replace existing nickel-hydrogen batteries of the ISS. Since each of the new Li-ion battery has a capability equivalent to two of the current Ni-H batteries, the six new batteries will replace twelve old batteries, out of the 48 existing batteries of the ISS.[13]


On departure from the ISS, Kounotori 6 will carry 9 out of the 12 replaced old batteries which will be disposed by destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere. The 3 remaining old batteries will stay on the ISS.[14]



Operation[edit]



Launch[edit]


On 26 July 2016, the launch was scheduled for 30 September 2016,[25] but on 10 August 2016, postponement was announced due to the leak from piping.[26]


The H-IIB launch vehicle carrying Kounotori 6 lifted off at 13:26:47 UTC on 9 December 2016. 15 minutes 11 seconds later, Kounotori 6 was released into initial 200 km × 300 km orbit.[27][28]


SFINKS experiment payload began the data collection at 14:16, 9 December 2016, but it stopped unexpectedly after 509 seconds.[29]


After a series of orbital manoeuvres, Kounotori 6 arrived to the proximity of ISS and captured by SSRMS at 10:39 (10:37 according to NASA), 13 December 2016.[30][31] Kounotori was bolted to the CBM (Common Berthing Mechanism) of the Harmony nadir port by 13:48 UTC.[32]



Operation while berthed to ISS[edit]


Berthing operation completed at 18:24. 13 December 2016 UTC,[33] and the hatch opened at 19:44 UTC.[34]


Since 07:44, 14 December, Exposed Pallet (EP) was extracted from Unpressurised Logistics Carrier (ULC) of Kounotori by SSRMS and transferred to Payload and ORU Accommodation (POA).[35][36] After a combination of two Extra-Vehicular Activities and robotic operations, the Lithium-ion battery units and adapter plates were installed. The Exposed Pallet carrying old Nickel-hydrogen battery units was returned to Kounotori 6's Unpresurised Logistics Carrier on 23 January 2017.[37]



Departure from the ISS and reentry to the Earth atmosphere[edit]


SSRMS grappled and detached Kounotori 6 from the CBM of Harmony nadir port at 10:59, 27 January 2017,[38] and Kounotori 6 was released at 15:45, 27 January 2017.[39]


Following the undocking after moving to a safe distance from ISS, the Kounotori 6 was to demonstrate the "Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment (KITE)" using electrodynamic tether to demonstrate
space debris removal technology.[40] This experiment was planned for seven days before reentry to the Earth's atmosphere.[38] On Jan 31, media reported some problems in extending the tether, bringing to doubt the experiment's success.[41]


A series of deorbit manoeuvres were performed at 08:42, 10:12, and 14:42 of 5 February 2017 UTC.[42][43][44] Kounotori 6 reentered to Earth atmosphere over southern Pacific Ocean around 15:06, 5 February 2017 UTC.



References[edit]





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  37. ^ "ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/23/2017". ISS On-Orbit Status Report. NASA. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


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External links[edit]








  • JAXA HTV page


  • HTV6 Mission, JAXA


  • 宇宙開発最前線！ Vol.6 (PDF) (in Japanese)



Images[edit]




  • Kounotori 6 – JAXA Digital Archives

  • HTV-6 & KITE

  • HTV-6 & KITE













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