ATV-3 solar panel deployed
New photos from Kourou! The solar panels of ATV-3 are being checked out in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, where the third European unmanned space ferry is being prepared for launch to the International Space Station early next year.
ATV-3 solar panel being deployed. Note the device from where the panels are hanging; this compensates for gravity and helps the panels open as they do in space.
Edoardo Amaldi, named after the Italian physicist, will carry about two tonnes of dry cargo, 285 kg of water and more than three tonnes of propellants.
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