ABOUT H-IIB
H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station. H-IIB rockets are liquid-fuelled with solid-fuel strap-on boosters and are launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Mitsubishi and JAXA have been primarily responsible for design, manufacture, and operation of H-IIB.
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
16,500 kg
TO LEO
36,383 lbs
8,000 kg
TO GTO
17,640 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
9,000
KILONEWTONS
2,023,281
POUNDS-FORCE
~12,069
HORSEPOWER
DIMENSIONS
Height56.6 m (186 ft)
Diameter5.2 m (17.1 ft)
Launch Mass551 kg (1,215 lbs)
Stages2
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