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Successful Launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI9” aboard H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 9

21 May. 2020

The H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 9 equipped with the H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI9 “(HTV9) was launched from the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center at 2:31 (Japan Standard Time, JST) on Thursday, May 21, 2020.
H-IIB Launch Vehicle was equipped with Picture Compression Equipment- Split Screen (PCE-ss), five monitor cameras, and a floodlight, all of which were developed by MEISEI. Each products are monitoring situation from launch to arrive the space.

HTV9 was equipped with “JAXA Berthing Camera System (JBCS)“, and “Wireless LAN Demonstration (WLD)“ all of which were developed by MEISEI.

Leading up to the launch, MEISEI was also in charge of radiosonde observations to confirm the weather above Tanegashima Island.