Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kounotori 3 (Japanese: こうのとり3号機; English: white stork) also known as HTV-3 is the third Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle. It was launched on 21 July 2012 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 3 (H-IIB F3) manufactured by MHI and JAXA.