A Japanese H-2B Rocket Body that was launched on the 10th September, 2009, from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan, for the H-II Transfer Vehicle mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 14th September, 2009 @ 11:42 GMT ±48 Hours TLE Data
Japan's H-IIB rocket launch a rousing success; new cargo vehicle headed for ISS The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the first of its H-IIB rockets in the early hours of Friday morning, carrying a cargo vehicle bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
Japan has successfully launched its new space freighter from the Tanegashima base in the south of the country. The 16.5-tonne unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is on a mission to re-supply the space station. Its role is vitally important to the station project, which is set to lose the servicing capability of the US shuttle fleet next year. The freighter left Earth atop an H-IIB rocket at 02:01 local time on Friday (17:01 GMT, Thursday)
Japanese Craft Heads to Space Station While the astronauts on the shuttle Discovery prepared for a landing in Florida on Wednesday, the Japanese space agency launched a powerful new rocket carrying an unmanned cargo ship on a $680 million maiden voyage to the International Space Station.