Japan's robotic H-II Transfer Vehicle-6 (HTV-6) is being launched today, December 9 2016 at 1326 GMT (8:26 a.m. EST) from its Tanegashima Space Center.
Check out the live streaming of the vehicle by NASA TV right here at 1300 GMT (8:00 am EST):
You could also check out the launching live on the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s YouTube channel over here:
Here's all you need to know about the Robotic HTV-6:
- The spacecraft is loaded with water, experiment hardware and spare parts supply for six –person station crew which weigh above 4.5 tons, NASA revealed.
- The unmanned cargo spacecraft is named – Kounotori, which means white stork in Japanese.
- Each HTV resupply spacecraft carries the same name "Kounotori" unlike other resupply spacecrafts.
- The spacecraft will take a flight to the station for a span of 4 days.
- HTV-6 aka Kounotori 6 is the sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unpiloted cargo spacecraft which will be replenish the supply at the International Space Station (ISS).