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Detailed explanation-1: -Which country has launched the world’s biggest transport space ship for space station? Notes: Japan has successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft “Kounotori8” towards the International Space Station (ISS) from the Tanegashima Space Center at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in southwestern Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Currently the heaviest spacecraft is the International Space Station, nearly double Shuttle-Mir’s mass in orbit. It began assembly with a first launch in 1998, however it only attained its full weight in the 2020s, due to its modular nature and gradual additions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kounotori8, meaning “white stork” in Japanese, intends to deliver about 5.3 tonnes of supplies to astronauts at the ISS, including fresh food and water as well as batteries and devices needed for experiments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Usuda Deep Space Center is a spacecraft tracking station in Saku, Nagano (prior to 2005 known as Usuda Town), the first deep-space antenna constructed with beam-waveguide technology, and for many years, Japan’s only ground station for communication with interplanetary spacecraft in deep space.