HTV-1

<p>HTV-1, also known as the HTV Demonstration Flight or HTV Technical Demonstration Vehicle, was the first flight of the Japanese Space Agency (<a href="/facts/JAXA/ofUpflgf">JAXA</a>) <a href="/facts/H-II_Transfer_Vehicle/TM52QWys">H-II Transfer Vehicle</a>, launched in September 2009 to resupply the <a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">International Space Station</a> and support the JAXA <a href="/facts/Kib%C5%8D_(ISS_module)/mhbSDHWF">Kibō module</a> (きぼう, Kibō, Hope) or Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). It was an uncrewed <a href="/facts/Cargo_spacecraft/L8jVmKxl">cargo spacecraft</a> carrying a mixture of pressurised and unpressurised cargo to the <a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">International Space Station</a>. After a 52-day successful mission, HTV departed the ISS on 31 October 2009 after being released by the station's robotic arm. The spacecraft re-entered in the <a href="/facts/Atmosphere_of_Earth/FV97Am25">atmosphere of Earth</a> on 1 November 2009 and disintegrated on <a href="/facts/Atmospheric_entry/p7TMk9sa">re-entry</a> as planned.
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