The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency decided to set the launch time of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle with the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) Demonstration Flight onboard from the Tanegashima Space Centre (TNSC) at 2:01:46 a.m. on September 11 (Fri,) 2009 (Japan Standard Time.)
A Japanese H-IIB rocket is scheduled to launched the HTV-1 (H-2 Transfer Vehicle) unmanned cargo ship at 17:01 GMT, 10th September, 2009, from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan. The Transfer Vehicle will deliver 4.5 metric tons of equipment and supplies to the orbiting International Space Station. Docking is scheduled for the 17th September, 2009.