ESA - ATV

Flight plan

ATV mission concept ATV flight phases ATV cargo capacity

Spacecraft

ATV configuration ATV Integrated Cargo Carrier ATV Service Module ATV evolution

ATV Missions

ATV-1: Jules VerneATV-2: Johannes KeplerATV-3: Edoardo Amaldi

Operations

Flight operations ATV Control Centre Crew role

Industry

ESA's role European industry

Downloads

ATV newspaper (pdf)ATV-1 Jules Verne Information Kit (pdfs)ATV-1 Jules Verne factsheet 2008 (pdf)

Multimedia gallery

ATV image gallery ATV video gallery

Services

Second ATV heading to Kourou for launch

11 May 2010 The second of ESA’s ATV automated cargo craft has been cleared for shipping to the launch site in Kourou. Its launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station is scheduled for late this year.

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Simonetta Di Pippo, Giuseppe Pizza and Enrico Saggese

Third ATV named after Edoardo Amaldi

16 March 2010 Production of the Automated Transfer Vehicles is gearing up. After the flawless flight of the first ATV, Jules Verne, the second, Johannes Kepler, is being completed for launch later this year. Now the third ATV has been named after the Italian physicist and space pioneer Edoardo Amaldi.

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ICC ATV-2 Johannes Kepler arrives in Bremen

ATV Johannes Kepler cargo section arrives in Bremen

10 September 2009 The Integrated Cargo Carrier for Europe's second Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Johannes Kepler, has been delivered to the premises of EADS Astrium in Bremen, Germany.

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More News

19 February 2009	Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler

20 November 2008	ATV, the next step

30 September 2008	Jules Verne re-entry video

29 September 2008	ATV re-entry: First pictures

29 September 2008	Successful re-entry marks bright future for ATV

News Archive

Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)

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ESA's ATV partners

CNES Astrium Thales Alenia Space