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		Rocket: H-2B Payload: H-2 Transfer Vehicle Date: September 10, 2009 Window: 1701 GMT (1:01 p.m. EDT) Site: Launch Pad 2, Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan Mission Status Center Preview story Launch story Tanegashima sunset Launch events timeline Ground track map Rendezvous preview story Station arrival story Station departure story HTV mission ends HTV events timeline

Space station mission launches from Japan

The first H-2B rocket lifts off at 1701 GMT (1:01 p.m. EDT; 2:01 a.m. JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The launcher deployed the H-2 Transfer vehicle about 15 minutes later, successfully concluding the rocket's maiden flight.

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