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We are pleased to offer the following high definition video of the H-2B/HTV launch to our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. These video files are presented in 720p resolution. Learn how you can subscribe to Spaceflight Now Plus.

Press site view of the H-2B launch

Date: September 10, 2009
Running Time: 35 sec
File Size: 20 MB

As viewed from the press site in Tanegashima, Japan, the new H-2B rocket lights up the night with its blastoff carryin the HTV cargo craft bound for the International Space Station.

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