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Collocation of ESA ATV management team and Prime Contractor EADS-LV: A very positive step
29 June 2002
| ATV team at Les Mureaux
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| | | | Increased efficiency
| Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station.
In combination with ESA's new Ariane 5, the 20.5 t, 8.5 m-long Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will enable Europe to transport cargo to the International Space Station. This new vehicle, scheduled for its initial test flight in October 2002, can carry 9 tonnes of scientific equipment, general supplies, water, oxygen and propellant. Up to 4 t can be propellant for ATV's own engines to reboost the Station at regular intervals as atmospheric drag reduces the orbit. Developed under Aerospatialess prime contractorship, an ATV will be launched on average every 15 months as a means of ESA contributing to the Station's operating costs. It can remain docked for up to 6 months, during which time it will be loaded with Station waste before being undocked and flown into Earth's atmosphere to burn up.
The ATV becomes an extension of the station. The 45 m³ pressurized module of the ATV delivers up to 7,2 tonnes of equipment, fuel, food, water and air for the crew.
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| | | | A complex programme
| Transfer of the Automated Transfer Vehicle Structural Thermal Model (ATV STM) to the LEAF Acoustic Facility at ESA's test centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk, The Netherlands (12 December 2001)
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| | | | Positive results
| ESA Astronaut Jean-François Clervoy with the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) test model at ESA's test facilities in The Netherlands. Jean-François Clervoy is currently supporting development of the ATV in Les Mureaux, near Paris, where Prime Contractor EADS-LV is based.
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| | News articles Initial ATV test campaign completed ahead of scheduleATV: The most challenging spacecraft ever built by Europe is taking shapeFirst test for Automated Transfer VehicleAutomated Transfer Vehicle test campaign underwayAnother module for the International Space Station leaves TurinTechnical updates Successful communication test for ATVBackground ATV mission scenario - picture reportATV mission scenario - animationATV fact sheetRelated links How to build an ATV paper modelESTEC test centreAlenia AerospazioAstrium Space
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