RESUPPLY VEHICLE
Japan's National Space Development Agency has formally approved development of the Hope Transfer Vehicle (HTV) unmanned supply ship for the space station (AW&ST Dec. 8, 1997, p. 75). With a payload weight of 6-7 metric tons, the HTV is to be launched by an H-2A into a 250-km. (155-mi.) orbit. That...
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