ATV Johannes Kepler seen under the fairing of Ariane 5
Latest predicted launch time: 23:13:27 CET
ESA’s Nico Dettmann sent in a note to say that the launch time of ATV Johannes Kepler has been changed by 5 minutes from 22:08 (UTC) to 22:13:27 (UTC) = 19:13:27 Kourou time = 23:13:27 CET.
The reason for the change is a very recent ISS reboost/altitude increase slightly affecting ATV-2 launch time.
He added that the final confirmation of this launch time is expected for tomorrow, however the change will only be in the seconds.
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Discussion: 2 comments
How about posting launch times in USA times the GMT CTE etc… is not easy for those not trained to converting grenwich or center europe times. ISS is a USA operated spacestation shared with many other nations. How about using time used by the Owners of the ISS.
The official ISS time is GMT