ATV-2

ATV-2

The planned schedule for ATV-2 docking to the ISS has been evolving in the past days, and it now appears that the forecast date may move up. We heard from Nico Dettmann, ESA’s ATV programme manager, late last week who wrote: “The currently planned ATV-2 docking date is 26 February. However, there is a to-be-confirmed request by NASA whether the docking date can be anticipated to 23 February. This change would not impact the launch date.” (See more details on the busy comings & goings at the ISS in our earlier post.)

With that in mind, here’s a short run-down on foreseen dates relating to ATV and vessels arriving at/departing from the ISS. As always, these dates are subject to change – so you should check back here to the blog regularly… 🙂

20 January – HTV2 launch
24 January – Progress M-08M/40P undock
27 January – HTV2 berthing
28 January – Progress M-09M/41P launch
31 January – Progress M-09M/41P docking
15 February – ATV Johannes Kepler launch from Kourou, 22:07 UT (23:07) CET
19 February – Progress M-07M/39P undock
23 February – ATV docking to ISS Zvezda service module (SM) aft
24 February – STS-133/Discovery launch – not earlier than this date
24 February – HTV2 unberthing (Node-2 nadir)
16 March – Soyuz TMA-01M/24S undock/landing (end of Increment 26)

More details via NASA Current ISS On-Orbit Status Report