ATV Albert Einstein continues performing perfectly in orbit! Altitude after yesterday’s first pair of orbit-raising manoeuvres 295km. Next set of engine burns (‘Midterm manoeuvres’) planned for 14:35CEST today.
Note as always: All dates/timings below are forecast only and are subject to change as this is a continuing, dynamic mission. Time below indicated in UTC.
GENERAL STATUS
· All nominal
· First phasing manoeuvres successful. Current altitude 295km
ATV STATUS
· All subsystems nominal
ATV-CC STATUS and ATV GROUND SEGMENT
· All ATV-CC systems nominal
EXECUTED OPERATIONS
· Permanent monitoring and routine freeflight activities
· TPO manoeuvres
· OBT sessions before docking
NEXT OPERATIONS. MAIN ACTIVITIES
· June 11 : Progress 51P undocking 13:59:00
· June 11 : CAM test 15:30:00
· June 12 : Midterm manoeuvres 12:35:53
· June 13 : Probe pull-out 13:50:00
· June 14 : TIV manoeuvres (first boost 11:23:26)
· June 15 : S-1/2 09:38:10
· June 15 : ATV Docking at 13:46:10 UTC
· June 17 : Initial Ingress. Hatch opening 10:30:00
· June 18 : Final Ingress
· June 19 : OCS test 12:53:57
· June 23 : ATV hatch closure (preparation for EVA)
· June 25 : ATV hatch opening
· July 10 : Reboost manoeuvre #01 (tbc)
· August 02 : First Gas Transfer (tbc)
· TBD : fuel transfer
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