China also launches new satellite for acquiring geographic information ISTANBUL Japan on Sunday launched a new unmanned cargo spacecraft aboard an H3 rocket from a space center on a southwestern island to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), Kyodo News reported. The HTV-X spacecraft can carry up to six tons of cargo, 1.5 times more than its predecessor, the Kounotori, which supplied the ISS nine times between 2009 and 2020, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration