The background article in ESA’s Spacecraft Operations site has been updated with the latest mission operation facts & figures provided by Alberto Novelli, ESA’s ISS Operations Manager based at the Agency’s ESTEC establishment in the Netherlands.
| ROLE | ISS resupply & reboost |
| LAUNCH DATE | 15 February 2011 |
| LAUNCHER/LOCATION | Ariane 5/Kourou, French Guiana |
| LAUNCH MASS | 10 470 kg (empty) | 20 050 kg (launch mass) |
| ORBIT | Transfer and phasing to dock with ISS |
| NOMINAL MISSION | 4 months |
| ++ ATV is the first vessel to dock automatically with the ISS and is the largest ISS supply vessel ++ |
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Access the full article via https://www.esa.int/ops (click on the link at left under ‘Human Spaceflight’).
Automated Transfer Vehicle page
ATV blog archive
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