>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
LAUNCH PAD 2 ON THE LAUNCH
COMPLEX AT THE TANEGASHIMA SPACE
CENTER ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
JAPAN.
WHERE IT IS EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING AND WHERE THE JAPAN
AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY HTV
ROCKET IS FULLY FUELLED AND
LIFTING OFF 30 MINUTES FROM NOW
ON A DELIVERY RUN TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ENCASED ON THE TOP OF THE 186
FOOT ROCKET IS THE UNPILOTED
TRANSFER VEHICLE THE HTV-9 CARGO
CRAFT.
THIS ROCKET IS BEGINNING TO
BEGIN ITS JOURNEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
DELIVER 4 TONS OF SUPPLIES AND
SCIENCE HARDWARE AND LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES TO BE INSTALLED ON THE
STARBOARD TRUSS OF THE STATION
TO UPGRADE THE STATION'S POWER
SYSTEM.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
THIS IS AN HISTORIC OCCASION FOR
JAXA THE FINAL LAUNCH THAT MADE
ITS DEBUT IN SEPTEMBER 2009 WITH
THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST CARGO
SHIP.
TODAY WE'LL BE WITNESSING THE
FINAL FLIGHT OF THE CURRENT
GENRE OF HTV VEHICLES.
IT WILL CARRY MORE CARGO THAN
THE CURRENT HTV BUT INSTEAD OF
BEING CAPTURED BY THE ROBOTIC
ARM INSTALLATION TO THE ARE A
MATRIMONY MODULE WILL
AUTOMATICALLY DOCK TO THE
COMPLEX'S INTERNATIONAL DOCKING
ADAPTERS.
IT WILL BE LAUNCHED ON THE SPACE
AGENCY'S NEW H3 ROCKET.
THE COUNTDOWN IS PRECEDING
WITHOUT A PROBLEM AT TANEGASHIMA
FOR A LAUNCH AT EXACTLY
12:31 P.M. CENTRAL TIME WHICH
WILL BE 2:31 A.M. JAPAN TIME ON
THURSDAY.
THE HTV ROCKET EMPLOYS AN
INSTANT LAUNCH WINDOW.
>> AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ITS THREE MAN CREW WILL BE
PASSING 256 MILES OFF THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF BRAZIL.
HERE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SPACE STATION FLIGHT
CONTROL ROOM THE ORBIT TWO TEAM
OF FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HAS BEEN
ON CONSOL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS WORKING IN CONCERT WITH
THEIR JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS IN
TANEGASHIMA.
HERE AS THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR
THE ORBIT TWO TEAM IS MARCOS
FLORES AND JOINED ON CONSOLE
WITH SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATOR
APPROPRIATELY VETERAN JAPANESE
ASTRONAUT WHO HAS BEEN TALKING
WITH THE CREW THROUGHOUT THE
COURSE OF THE MORNING.
THE JAPANESE H2V MISSION IS
CONTROLLED OUT OF TWO DIFFERENT
CONTROL CENTERS.
ONE IS IN TANEGASHIMA AT THE
RANGE CONTROL CENTER AND THEY'RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNTDOWN
AND THE CLIMBED ORBIT AND ASCENT
PHASE FOR THE HTV-9 CARGO CRAFT.
ONCE THE HTV-9 SEPARATES FROM
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE H2B
ROCKET AND BEGINS THE
PRELIMINARY PHASE OF TREK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
CONTROL OF THE MISSION WILL BE
HANDED OVER TO THE JAXA ISS
CENTER IN JAPAN.
THE TWO STAGE HTV WILL BE SEND
ALOFT WITH LIQUID FUEL ENGINES.
THE BOOSTERS WILL BURN 2 MINUTES
AND 10 SECONDS BEFORE BEING
JETTISON.
IT SHUTS DOWN 5:46 SECOND MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT AND SECONDS
LATER WITH THE IGNITION OF THE
SECOND STAGE ENGINE THAT WILL
BURN FOR AN ADDITIONAL 8:15.
ALL IN ALL, IF EVERYTHING GOES
AS PLANNED, THE HTV CARGO CRAFT
WILL SEPARATE FROM THE SECOND
STAGE JUST OVER 15 MINUTES AFTER
LAWN OF TO BEGIN IT'S 5-DAY
JOURNEY TO REACH THE SPACE
STATION.
THE LAUNCH TODAY WILL RESULT IN
THE HTV-9 ARRIVING AT THE
OUTPOST NEXT MONDAY MORNING
MEMORIAL DAY.
EXPEDITION 63 COMMANDER CHRIS
CASSIDY WILL BE IN THE STATION'S
CUPOLA AT THE ROBOTIC'S WORK
STATION.
WE'LL BE BACKED UP BY RUSSIAN
COSMONAUT IVAN WAGNER.
HE'LL GRAPPLE THE HTV 7:15
CENTRAL TIME ON MONDAY.
AT THAT POINT, THEY'LL TURN THE
ROBOTICS WORK OVER TO GROUND
CONTROLLERS WHO WILL MANEUVER
THE VEHICLE TO THE EARTH FACING
PORT OF THE HARMONY MODULE FOR
INSULATION AND BOLTING FOR ITS
TWO MONTHS' STAY AT THE COMPLEX.
THE HTV ROCKET AND CARGO SHIP
ROLLED OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY
BUILDING AT TANEGASHIMA AT ABOUT
8:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME LAST
NIGHT.
A TRIP THAT TOOK THAT ABOUT 30
MINUTES TO REACH THE LAUNCH PAD
WHERE THEY BEGAN TO HOOK UP
POWER AND FUEL LINES.
THERE ARE TWO ADJACENT LAUNCH
PADS AT TANEGASHIMA.
LAWN OF PAD 2 IS THE ONE MOST
COMMONLY USED FOR THE LAUNCHING
OF THE HTV VEHICLES AND THE
MAIDEN LAUNCH OCCURRED IN
SEPTEMBER 2009.
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE ROLLOUT TO
THE OCEANSIDE LAUNCH PAD.
LAST NIGHT U.S. TIME EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING JAPAN TIME.
EVERYTHING PROCEEDED ON TRACK
FROM THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING TO
THE LAUNCH PAD AND AGAIN AT THAT
POINT TECHNICIANS BEGAN TO HOOK
UP POWER LINES AND FUEL LINES
FOR THE TERMINAL PHASE OF THE
COUNTDOWN THAT IS UNDERWAY WITH
LIFT OFF NOW SCHEDULED JUST
UNDER 25 MINUTES FROM NOW.
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, THE EXPEDITION 63 CREW
UNDER THE COMMAND OF NASA'S
CHRIS CASSIDY ALONG WITH RUSSIAN
COSMONAUT ANATOYLI IVANISHIN AND
IVAN WAGNER HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING
A DAILY COMPLIMENT OF SCIENCE
ACTIVITY AND REHEARSALS OF THE
ARRIVAL OF THE HTV-9 VEHICLE
NEXT MONDAY.
AS WE MENTIONED A MOMENT. AGO
CASSIDY AND WAGNER WILL BE
WORKING THE ROBOTIC ARM AND
GRAPPLES THE CARGO SHIP.
HE'LL BE BACKED UP BY WAGNER WHO
WILL BE MONITOR THE HTV'S
SYSTEMS AS IT APPROACHES BELOW
ALONG WITH THE IMAGINARY LINES
TO A POINT ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY
WHERE CASSIDY WILL REACH OUT
WITH THE ARM AND CAPTURE THE
HTV-9.
AS WE MENTIONED THE CARGO ON
BOARD THE STATION SOME 4 TONS OF
CARGO BEING CARRIED ALOFT INTO
ORBIT TODAY.
MORE THAN 4840 POUNDS OF
PRESSURE IN THE FORM OF FOOD,
SUPPLIES AND SCIENCE HARDWARE
FOR THE CREW ON BOARD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
JUST OVER 3,000 POUNDS OF
BATTERIES AND ASSOCIATED ADAPTER
PLATES FOR THE S-6 OR STARBOARD
6 TRUSS BATTERY REPLACEMENT WORK
THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED SEVERAL
WEEKS FROM NOW.
NO FIRM DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR
THE SPACEWALKS TO COMPLETE THE
INSTALLATION OF THOSE BATTERIES.
THE 6 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES WILL
REPLACE 12 OLD NICKEL HYDROGEN
BATTERIES AND THAT WILL COMPLETE
THE FOURTH AND FINAL SET OF
BATTERY REPLACEMENTS THAT WILL
BE USED TO UPGRADE THE STATION'S
POWER SYSTEM FOR THE REMAINDER
OF ITS LIFETIME.
AS WE APPROACH THE T-22 MARK IN
THE COUNTDOWN NO ISSUES BEING
WORKED BY THE FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAMS.
THE LAUNCH ITSELF TO BE
MONITORED AND CONTROLLED BY
ENGINEERS THROUGH THE HTV'S
INSERTION INTO ITS PRELIMINARY
ORBIT AND AS WE MENTION AT THAT
POINT CONTROL OF THE CARGO SHIPS
FLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WILL BE HANDLED BY
JAXA ENGINEERS AT THEIR SPACE
CENTER IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN.
THEY'LL BE MONITORING A TEST
DURING ITS APPROACH TO THE
STATION NEXT MONDAY.
THIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION WILL BE VERIFIED
FOR THE NEW HTV-X FOR ITS
AUTOMATED APPROACH WHEN IT FLIES
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
LET'S LISTEN TO YOSHINORI KONDO
DESCRIBE THIS NEW PIECE OF
TECHNOLOGY.
>> HTV-9 WILL CONDUCT WIRELESS
MISSION.
IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL
DEMONSTRATION FOR THE DEMO.
THE MISSION HTV WILL MONITOR AND
TRANSFER THE DATA VIA WI-FI.
WI-FI IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME
BETWEEN VISITING.
HTV-9 -- BUT I THINK HTV-9 IS
FIRST STEP FOR HTV-X.
>> HTV FLIGHT DIRECTOR YOSHINORI
KONDO DESCRIBING THIS TEST
THAT WILL BE CHECKED OUT DURING
THE HTV'S APPROACH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NEXT
MONDAY PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT IT
ARRIVES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
THE STATION FOR ITS CAPTURE BY
NASA'S CHRIS CASSIDY USING THE
CANADARM2 ROBOTIC ARM.
EVEN AS JAXA REPAIRS TO LAUNCH
THE HTV ROCKET AND CARGO SHIP TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
19.5 MINUTES FROM NOW,
PREPARATIONS WELL UNDERWAY IN
FLORIDA AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER FOR AN HISTORIC LAUNCH,
LAUNCH AMERICA COMING UP ONE
WEEK FROM TODAY AS DEMONSTRATION
MISSION TWO, DM2 ABOARD A SPACEX
FALCON 9 ROBOT WITH NASA IS AS
DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN
ABOARD.
HURLEY AND BEHNKEN WILL BE
FLYING TO THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
ARRIVAL ON THE OLD SHUTTLE
LANDING STRIP, THE SHUTTLE
LANDING FACILITY, THEY'LL GO
INTO CREW QUARTERS FOR THE FINAL
WEEK OF PREPARATIONS PRIOR TO
THE LAUNCH.
THERE IS DOUG HURLEY, THE
SPACECRAFT COMMANDER AND BOB
BEHNKEN, THEY'LL BE SITTING SIDE
BY SIDE IN THE NEW DRAGON
SPACECRAFT READY TO LAUNCH NEXT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH AT 3:33:31
SECONDS P.M. CENTRAL TIME ON
THAT HISTORIC MISSION FROM
AMERICAN SOIL ON AN AMERICAN
SPACECRAFT.
PREPARING TO LEAVE THEIR CREW
QUARTERS HERE AT THE JOHNSON AND
FLY DOWN TO THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER LATER TODAY FOR THEIR
FINAL PREPARATIONS.
COMING UP ON THE 18 MINUTE MARK
INTO LAUNCH AND EVERYTHING IS IN
GOOD SHAPE ABOARD THE HTV ON THE
LAUNCH PAD.
THIS IS LAUNCH PAD 2 AT THE
TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER.
LIFTOFF WILL OCCUR AT 12:31 P.M.
EVEN CENTRAL TIME.
2:31 A.M. JAPAN TIME ON THURSDAY
MORNING.
AS WE MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN
A SERIES OF MILESTONES AND
GO/NO-GO DECISIONS THAT HAVE
MADE BY THE JAPANESE FLY CONTROL
TEAM FROM TANEGASHIMA THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF THE DAY YESTERDAY
AND THIS MORNING.
MILESTONES THAT HAVE ENABLED A
GREEN LIGHT TO BE GIVEN FOR THE
FUELLING OF THE HTV VEHICLE AND
FOR OTHER PREPARATIONS TO
CONTINUE IN THE TERMINAL FACE
PHASE OF THE COUNTDOWN.
AS WE MENTIONED, ONCE THE LIFT
OFF OCCURS SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER
SEPARATION, THAT AUGMENT THE
FIRST STAGE ENGINES ON THE HTV
ROCKET, THOSE SOLID ROCKETS WILL
SEPARATE AT ABOUT THE 2:10
SECOND MARK IN THE FLIGHT.
THE FLIGHT UPHILL ON THE FIRST
STAGE WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL
MINUTES UNTIL FIRST STAGE ENGINE
CUTOFF AT THE 5:46 SECOND MARK.
THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES OF
THE ROCKET WILL SEPARATE JUST
SECONDS LATER PRIOR TO SECOND
STAGE ENGINE IGNITION AT THE
6:05 SECOND MARK INTO THE FLIGHT
AND AT THAT POINT ABOUT AN 8:10
FIRING PRIOR TO THE TIME OF
SECOND STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF, SOME
14:40 SECONDS AFTER LIFT OFF.
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 25 SECONDS
BEFORE THE HTV-9 WILL SEPARATE
FROM THE UPPER STAGE OF THE
SECOND STAGE OF THE HTV ROCKET
AND BEGIN ITS 5-DAY JOURNEY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE STATION IS FLYING AT THE
MOMENT OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC
ABOUT TO BEGIN A SOUTHWEST AND
NORTHEASTERLY SWING THAT WILL
TAKE IT RIGHT UP THE EASTERN
COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA AND
ACROSS THE EQUATOR TO THE WEST
COAST OF AFRICA ON THIS
PARTICULAR ORBIT OF THE EARTH.
AGAIN, AS MENTIONED AT THE TIME
OF LAUNCH WHICH IS AN INSTANT
LAUNCH TIME OF 12:31 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 1:31 P.M. EASTERN
TIME THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WITH CASSIDY, IVANISHIN
AND WAGNER ON BOARD WILL PASS
256 MILES OFF THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF BRAZIL.
AS WE PASS THE T-14 MINUTE MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT, JUST A REMINDER
ONCE AGAIN REGARDING THE
HISTORIC LAUNCH OF THE SPACEX
FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
ONCE THAT OCCURS IT WILL BE A
19-HOUR TRANSIT FOR DOUG HURLEY
AND BOB BEHNKEN TO REACH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH
DOCKING SCHEDULED ON THURSDAY,
MAY 28TH AT 10:39 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME, 11:39 EASTERN TIME.
THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT WILL
DOCK AUTOMATICALLY TO ADAPTER
NUMBER 2 ON THE FORWARD PORT OF
THE HARMONY MODULE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO A BUSY TRAFFIC PATTERN
EMERGING FOR THE CREW.
CHRIS CASSIDY, ANATOLYI
IVANISHIN AND IVAN WAGNER WHO
HAVE BEEN IN ORBIT FOR 6 WEEKS
ABOUT TO RECEIVE COMPANY IN THE
FORM OF CARGO SHIP AND THEN
ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS.
T-12 MINUTES.
30 SECONDS UNTIL LIFTOFF.
EVERYTHING PROCEEDING ON TRACK
AND NO ISSUES REPORTED AND THE
RANGE IS CLEAR AT TANEGASHIMA.
>> AS LAUNCH CONTROLLERS IN
TANEGASHIMA COUNTDOWN THE FINAL
10.5 MINUTES UNTIL LIFTOFF, THIS
VIEW FROM AN EXTERNAL CAMERA ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AS IT APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF CHILE ABOUT TO BEGIN
ITS SOUTHWEST/NORTHEASTERLY
TRAJECTORY THAT WILL TAKE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION UP
THE EASTERN COAST OF SOUTH
AMERICA.
YOU ARE HEARING CONVERSATION
BOTH IN JAPANESE AND ENGLISH
FROM JAPANESE AEROSPACE AGENCY
PERSONNEL REPORTING STATUS OF
THE COUNTDOWN.
EVERYTHING IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
NOW INSIDE 9.5 MINUTES.
>> 7.5 MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH AND
EVERYTHING PROCEEDING ON TRACK
FOR THE LIFTOFF OF THE HTV
ROCKET AT 12:31 CENTRAL TIME AND
2:31 A.M. JAPAN TIME ON
THURSDAY, FROM THE YOSHINOBU
LAUNCH COMPLEX AT THE
TANEGASHIMA LAUNCH CENTER IN
SOUTHERN JAPAN.
EVERYTHING HAS GONE EXTREMELY
WELL WITH THE PREPARATION OF
THIS VEHICLE THAT WILL CARRY
AMONGST OTHER THINGS THE FINAL
SET OF NEW LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
TO THE UPGRADES TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S
POWER SYSTEM OF THE AN ENDEAVOR
THAT BEGAN IN JANUARY 2017 AND
BE COMPLETED IN THE MONTHS AHEAD
TO UP GREAT STATION'S POWER
SYSTEMS FOR ITS SOLAR ARRAYS AND
ALL OF ITS VARIOUS SYSTEMS AND
PAYLOADS.
IS THIS VIEW A CLOSER VIEW OF
THE HTV ROCKET.
YOU SEE THE VEHICLE BATHED IN
BLUE LIGHT.
THIS IS IN HONOR OF HEALTHCARE
WORKERS FIGHTING ON THE FRONT
LINES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
AND IN HONOR ALL THE WORKERS AT
TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER IN
SOUTHERN JAPAN WHO WORKED
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TO PREPARE
THE VEHICLE FOR LAUNCH.
A TRIBUTE FROM JAXA AND
MITSUBISHI INDUSTRIES.
THIS BLUE LIGHT BATHING THE HTV
ROCKET IN HONOR OF HEALTHCARE
WORKERS FIGHTING ON THE FRONT
LINES ON THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
T-5 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
NO ISSUES REPORTED AND FULLY
FUELLED READY TO BEGIN ITS
FLIGHT.
JAPANESE AEROSPACE EXPLORATION
AGENCY PERSONNEL IN TANEGASHIMA
REPORTING LAUNCH STATUS.
EVERYTHING'S GREEN AS WE
APPROACH THE 3.5 MINUTE MARK
UNTIL FLIGHT.
RUNNING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AT
THE 2:48 MARK BEFORE LIFTOFF AND
EVERYTHING PROCEEDING ON TRACK.
THIS IS ABOUT A 15.5 MINUTE
FLIGHT FROM LIFT OFF FROM THE
TIME THAT THE HTV-9 SPACECRAFT
SEPARATES FROM THE SECOND STAGE
OF THE HTV ROCKET.
GOOD CLOSE-UP OF 3 OF THE 4
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS THAT
SURROUND THE FIRST STAGE OF THE
HTV THE LAUNCH VEHICLE MANAGED
BY MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES.
T-2 AND COUNTING.
LAUNCH PAD FLOOD LIGHTS CREATING
A LUMINESCENT EFFECT ON THE HTV
ROCKET AS IT PREPARES FOR ITS
JOURNEY TO BRING THE FINAL CARGO
CRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
90 SECONDS UNTIL LAUNCH.
1 MINUTE UNTIL LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING IN GOOD SHAPE.
T-44 SECONDS.
T-30 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
T-14 SECONDS AND COUNTING,
STANDING BY FOR ENGINE IGNITION.
WE HAVE ENGINE START.
AND WE HAVE LIFT OFF.
A RISING SUN OVER THE LAND OF
THE RISING SUN AND THE HTV
ROCKET AND CARGO CRAFT TAKE
FLIGHT.
PROGRAM IN EFFECT AND THE HTV
ROCKET TAKES FLIGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
LIFTOFF ON THE DOT 12:31 CENTRAL
TIME AND 2:31 JAPAN TIME.
44 SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT.
JUST PASSING ONE MINUTE INTO THE
FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO LOOK
GOOD.
FOUR SOLID LIQUID BOOSTERS AND
TWO LIQUID ENGINES AND COMING UP
ON THE 1:30 MARK INTO THE
FLIGHT.
COMING UP ON THE TWO MINUTE MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT.
COMING UP ON SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTER SHUTDOWN AND SEPARATION.
AND WE HAVE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER
JETTISON.
2.5 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
FIRST STAGE ENGINES ARE
CONTINUING TO FIRE AS THEY WILL
UNTIL ABOUT THE 5:46 SECOND MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT AT WHICH POINT
THOSE ENGINES WILL SHUT DOWN THE
FIRST STAGE WILL SEPARATE.
3:10 INTO THE FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING PROCEEDING NORMALLY.
FIRST STAGE CONTINUES TO BURN IN
EXCELLENT SHAPE.
ALL GOOD REPORTS COMING IN FROM
THE RANGE CONTROL CENTER AT
TANEGASHIMA.
COMING UP ON THE 4 MINUTE MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT.
ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO GO IN FIRST
STAGE PERFORMANCE.
HTV ROCKET IS OPERATING IN
NORMAL FASHION.
4.5 MINUTES IN THE FLIGHT WHICH
HAS BEEN FLAWLESS SO FAR AND
EVERYTHING PROCEEDING WELL.
GOOD FIRST STAGE PERFORMANCE AND
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS THAT
SEPARATED 2 MINUTES INTO THE
FLIGHT DID THEIR JOB IN
AUGMENTING THE DUAL FIRST STAGE
ENGINES ON THE HTV ROCKET.
THIS IS THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE
HTV TO BE REPLACED FOR THE H3
ROCKET THAT THEY'LL BE EMPLOYING
FOR THE CARGO.
5 SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT.
5:56 SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT.
NOW WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF
SEPARATION OF THE FIRST AND
SECOND STAGES.
THIS IS ANIMATION DRIVEN BY REAL
TIME TELEMETRY FROM THE RANGE
CONTROL CENTER FROM TANEGASHIMA.
SECOND STAGE IS NOW UP AND
RUNNING.
THE SINGLE ENGINE ON THE SECOND
STAGE IS FIRING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR ABOUT 8.5
MINUTES, ALMOST 9 MINUTES OF
PERFORMANCE.
THE SECOND STAGE IGNITION
OCCURRED ON TIME.
THE TRAJECTORY OF THE VEHICLE IS
REPORTED TO BE PERFECT.
SECOND STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF WILL
COME AT ABOUT THE 14.5 MINUTE
MARK INTO THE FLIGHT.
COMING UP ON THE 8 MINUTE MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT WHICH SO FAR HAS
BEEN FLAWLESS, THE SECOND STAGE
ENGINE CONTINUES TO BURN IN A
NOMINAL FASHION TO CONTINUE
PROPELLING THE CARGO CRAFT
TOWARDS ITS PRELIMINARY ORBIT.
AS HTV-9 LISTED OFF FROM
TANEGASHIMA, THERE WERE CHEERS
IN THE LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER
MARKING THE START OF THE FINAL
FLIGHT OF THE HTV ROCKET AND
FINAL FLIGHT OF THIS CLASS OF
HTV CARGO CRAFT THAT MADE ITS
DEBUT THIS SEPTEMBER 2009.
PASSING THE 8.5 MINUTE MARK IN
THE FLIGHT.
TRAJECTORY IS ON THE MONEY.
SECOND STAGE PERFORMANCE
CONTINUES TO BE GOOD FROM THE
REPORTS BEING RECEIVED FROM THE
RANGE CONTROL CENTER AT
TANEGASHIMA.
LAUNCH ENGINEERS CONTINUE TO
REPORT NOMINAL PERFORMANCE FOR
THE H-IIB ROCKET.
NOW PASSING 9.5 MINUTE MARK INTO
THE FLIGHT.
AGAIN, THE HIGHLIGHT COMPONENT
OF THE CARGO BEING CARRIED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THE FINAL HALF DOZEN BRAND NEW
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND
ASSOCIATED ADAPTER PLATES THAT
WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE FAR
STARBOARD TRUSS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
S6 TRUSS, SERIES OF EVA'S OR
SPACEWALKS ARE BEING CONSIDERED
FOR GETTING INTO THE CREW'S
TIMELINE LATER ON THIS SUMMER.
EVA PREPARATIONS ARE BEING
CONDUCTED AND THE SPACE STATION
PROGRAM WILL MAKE A FINAL
DETERMINATION ON HOW THOSE EVA'S
WILL BE DISPOSITIONED IN THE
WEEKS TO COME.
AGAIN, THE BATTERY REPLACEMENT
WORK BEGAN IN JANUARY 2017 ON
THE TRUSS SEGMENTS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
PROVIDE THE FINAL UPGRADES FOR
THE STATION'S POWER SYSTEM FOR
THE REMAINDER OF ITS LIFETIME.
11 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 4 MINUTES AND
CHANGE OF SECOND STAGE
PERFORMANCE LEFT FOR THE H-IIB
ROCKET.
THE VELOCITY OF THE H-IIB
ROCKETING MATCHING ALL THE
PRELAUNCH PERIMETERS.
GOOD SECOND STAGE PERFORMANCE.
GOOD VEHICLE CONTROL AS WE ARE
COMING UP ON THE 12 MINUTE MARK
INTO THE FLIGHT A.
ONCE AGAIN FROM THE ANIMATION
YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDED BY
THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION
AGENCY, THE VEHICLE TRAVELING
SOME 6700 METERS PER SECOND.
GOOD REPORTS CONTINUE TO COME IN
FROM THE RANGE CONTROL CENTER AT
TANEGASHIMA WHERE LIFTOFF
OCCURRED 12:45 SECONDS AGO.
TELEMETRY BEING PROCESSED
THROUGH A SERIES OF GROUND
STATIONS BEING EMPLOYED BY JAPAN
AEROSPACE AGENCY ON THE
TRAJECTORY ON THE FLIGHT.
WE'RE ABOUT 2 MINUTES AWAY FROM
COMPLETION OF SECOND STAGE
PERFORMANCE.
14 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO GO
WELL.
GOOD VEHICLE CONTROL BEING
REPORTED.
GOOD ENGINE PERFORMANCE ON THE
SECOND STAGE.
MEANWHILE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HAS CROSSED FROM THE
WEST COAST OF AFRICA MOVING FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
AND WE HAVE A REPORT OF SECOND
STAGE SHUTDOWN ON TIME.
WILL BE STANDING BY FOR
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION MOMENTS
FROM NOW.
15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT
STANDING BY FOR SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION.
BE AND THIS VIEW NOW FROM THE
RANGE CONTROL CENTER AT
TANEGASHIMA APPLAUSE AS WE HAVE
CONFIRMATION OF SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION.
THE HTV-9 NOW IN ITS PRELIMINARY
ORBIT.
FLAWLESS LAUNCH AND FLYLESS
CLIMB TO ORBIT FOR THE FINAL HTV
VEHICLE NOW WELL ON ITS WAY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
BACK HERE IN THE WHITE FLIGHT
CONTROL ROOM WHERE ORBIT FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS MONITORED THE
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE JAPAN
AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCIES
H-IIB ROCKET AND TRANSFER
VEHICLE, THE HTV-9 ON CONSOLE
MARCOS FLORES AND SPACECRAFT
COMMUNICATOR VETERAN JAPANESE
ASTRONAUT AS WE MONITORED THE
PROGRESS OF THE VEHICLE'S CLIMB
TO ORBIT AND SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION THAT DELIVERED THE
HTV-9 VEHICLE INTO ITS
PRELIMINARY ORBIT AS IT BEGINS
ITS 5 DAY CHASE TO CATCH UP AND
ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
ONCE AGAIN TO RECAP A FLAWLESS
COUNTDOWN, EVERYTHING PROCEEDED
WITHOUT A HITCH AND LIFTOFF
OCCURRING RIGHT ON TIME AT
12:31 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, 2:31
JAPAN TIME ON THURSDAY.
H2B ROCKET LIT UP ILLUMINATING
THE SPACE CENTER IN SOUTHERN
JAPAN AS IT BEGAN ITS CLIMB IN
PURSUIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THE FIRST STAGE PERFORMANCE WITH
TWO LIQUID FUEL FOLLOW BY THE
SINGULAR POWER OF THE SECOND
STAGE ENGINE THAT CARRIED THE
HTV-9 TO ITS PRELIMINARY ORBIT
WHERE IT BEGINS ITS JOURNEY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL OUTPOST TO
DELIVER SOME 4 TONS OF CARGO AS
WELL AS THE NEW SET OF LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES TO COMPLETE THE
POWER UPGRADES TO THE POWER
SYSTEM.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL WRAP UP OUR
COVERAGE WITH A PROGRAMMING
NOTE.
THE HTV-9 WILL ARRIVE AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NEXT
MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY.
OUR RENDEZVOUS AND CAPTURE
COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AT 5:45 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME AND 6:45 EASTERN
TIME.
CAPTURE WITH NASA CHRIS
CASSIDY'S OPERATION OF THE
ROBOTIC TIME 7:15 CENTRAL AND
8:15 EASTERN TIME.
GROUND CONTROLLERS WILL MANEUVER
TO THE EARTH FACING PORT OF THE
HARMONY MODULE FOR INSTALLATION
AND BOLTING INTO PLACE WITH THAT
COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 8:30
CENTRAL TIME AND 9:30 A.M.
EASTERN TIME.
WE'LL WRAP UP COVERAGE FOR
TODAY.
A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE HTV-9
ON TIME BEING DELIVERED TO ORBIT
BY THE JAPAN AEROSPACE
EXPLORATION AGENCY FOR ITS FINAL
FLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WITH THAT, WE WISH YOU A GOOD
DAY.
PLEASE STAY SAFE AND FOLLOW ALL
THE RULES ASSOCIATED WITH
CONQUERING THIS CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK
ON MONDAY MORNING WITH HTV-9
CAPTURE COVERAGE HERE ON NASA
TELEVISION.
FOR NOW THIS IS MISSION CONTROL