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[b]Kounotori-6 (HTV-6) Makes Debut to Media[/b] On October 19, members of the media were invited to view Kounotori-6 (HTV-6), H-II transfer vehicle to the Space Station. The event was held at Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) and attracted many as it showed actual HTV-6 before launch. At the premiere, Hirohiko Uematsu, Director of HTV Technology Center, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA explained the general facts and the payloads of HTV-6, and addressed the records of past HTV operations, improvements, and the progress of launch preparation. Koichi Inoue, Team Leader of KITE, Research and Development Directorate, JAXA spoke about KITE, Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment. JAXA is making an attempt of on-orbit demonstration of electrodynamic tether (EDT) on HTV. KITE is expected to develop the system which through the use of EDT eliminates space debris on low-earth orbits. The tether length is approximately 700 m, on an unprecedented scale. Space debris has increasingly become a serious issue. HTV-6 will shortly undergo its final preparation procedure, where loading of propellant, encapsulation in its payload fairing, and docking to HTV-6 will ensue. The launch is scheduled at around 10:26 p.m. on December 9 (Japan Standard Time; 8:26 a.m. EST) (subject to change by the international coordination for ISS operations) at TNSC.
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