You’ll find a detailed timeline of today’s docking activities below; you can refer back to this while watching the webcast this evening!

A few notes on reading the timeline:

  • ddd/hh:mm:ss — Day of the year/hour/minute/second – 88 is 28 March
  • s — refers to length (in seconds) of the engine burn
  • m/s — metres/second – refers to the target ‘change in velocity’ for each thruster/engine burn
  • For a picture of where ATV is at each waystation/holdpoint, scroll down to check a profile diagram
  • All times/targets show are as planned, but the actual times may vary
GMT Toulouse
Event ddd/hh:mm:ss ddd/hh:mm:ss
Launch 83/04:34:05 83/05:34:05
S-2 Waypoint 88/13:50:06 88/15:50:06
S-1 Waypoint 88/16:38:57 88/18:38:57
Phasing Manoeuvre IF1
(0.00 m/s)
88/16:46:38 88/18:46:38
Phasing Manoeuvre IF2
(0.00 m/s)
88/17:32:46 88/19:32:46
Phasing Manoeuvre IF3
(1.20 m/s)
88/18:17:28 88/20:17:28
S-1/2 Waypoint 88/18:26:27 88/20:26:27
S1 Waypoint / Homing Manoeuvre HM1
(600 s, 1.69 m/s)
88/19:12:36 88/21:12:36
Homing Manoeuvre HM2
(150 s, 0.04 m/s)
88/19:28:05 88/21:28:05
Homing Manoeuvre HM3
(150 s, 0.16 m/s)
88/19:43:35 88/21:43:35
Homing Manoeuvre HM4
(600 s, 2.10 m/s)
88/19:49:05 88/21:49:05
Arrive at S2 Holdpoint 88/19:59:05 88/21:59:05
Depart S2 / Closing Manoeuvre CM1 (270 s, 1.49 m/s) 88/20:30:27 88/22:30:27
Closing Manoeuvre CM2
(180 s, 0.40 m/s)
88/20:43:27 88/22:43:27
Closing Manoeuvre CM3
(150 s, 0.41 m/s)
88/20:56:27 88/22:56:27
Closing Manoeuvre CM4
(400 s, 1.55 m/s)
88/21:03:47 88/23:03:47
Arrive at S3 Holdpoint 88/21:10:27 88/23:10:27
Depart S3 Holdpoint 88/21:46:57 88/23:46:57
Arrive at S4 Holdpoint 88/22:10:27 89/00:10:27
Depart S4 Holdpoint 88/22:23:27 89/00:23:27
Arrive at S41 Holdpoint 88/22:25:57 89/00:25:57
Depart S41 Holdpoint 88/22:30:57 89/00:30:57
Nominal Docking 88/22:33 89/00:33

Profile diagram – ATV rendezvous to docking

ATV Rendezvous & Docking Profile

ATV Rendezvous & Docking Profile