Japan's 1st unmanned cargo vehicle to be launched into space Friday

Monday 07th September, 03:08 AM JST

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KingSaint at 01:52 PM JST - 7th September

Where is it launching from?
Yelnats at 02:11 PM JST - 7th September

The bulk is expected to burn up. What about the rest of it? I hope it is a success. I love space stuff.
the_harper at 10:00 PM JST - 7th September

It's launching from the Tanegashima space centre south of Kyushu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TanegashimaSpaceCenter

As far as I know, it's where all JAXA rockets launch from. None of the supply ships (Russian, EU, Japan) are reusable. As far as I know they ditch in an orbit which puts any remnants in the ocean.
techall at 10:06 PM JST - 7th September

will transport around 4.5 tons of materials including freeze-dried food, bread, clothes and shampoo

So they're launching a 7-11. Are they going to have a magazine rack so the astronauts can stand in the ailse and read the weeklies? How about a bimbo part-time-high-schooler cashier??
ebisen at 09:18 AM JST - 8th September

techall - your post made me ROTFL... seriously - you should quit smoking that stuff :)) On the other hand it's cool that Japanese provide an alternative to the Russian and American Space programs. The Russian space technology proved to be extremely reliable (far better than the USA one) but still it's still in everybody's advantage to have alternatives.