Yesterday’s two manoeuvres – the first set of the three sets of TIV (‘transfer to ISS vicinity’) manoeuvres – went according to plan. The two burns resulted in the following:
TV2-1: Delta-V – change in speed – of 6.7 m/s, an underboost of -0.16%
TV2-2: Delta-V of 6.69m/s, underboost of -0.19%
“We are now roughly 15 km below the IS; the next manoeuvres are TV3-1 and TV3-2 planned at 14:17 and 14:40 GMT (16:17 & 16:40 CEST),” says ESA Mission Director Mike Steinkopf at ATV-CC.
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Can you still see the ATV with the naked eye? Yesterday evening we where able to see the ATV following the ISS about one thumb, from our viewpoint in Budapest, behind. Looked like a faithful dog chasing the ISS. Beautiful and so coool!