H-II to Carry Cargo Vehicle to ISS in September

JAXA PRESS RELEASE

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. would like to announce that the launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle Test Flight with the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) onboard was approved by the Space Activities Commission (SAC) as follows.

Scheduled Date of Launch: September 11 (Friday,) 2009 (Japan Standard Time, JST)

Launch Time: Around 2:04 a.m. (JST)

Launch Windows: September 12 (Sat) through 30 (Wed,) 2009 (JST)

Launch Site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center