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When Artemis talks, Johannes Kepler listens After Ariane 5 lofts ATV Johannes Kepler into space on 15 February, ESA's Artemis data relay satellite will be ready for action. Artemis will provide communications between Johannes Kepler and the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France. Hove...

Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), will be launched next year by a specific version of Ariane 5 called the Ariane 5 Evolution Storable upper stage Automated Transfer Vehicle, or A5 ES-ATV for short. Although the ATV does not use the powerful ECA ve...

US and Europe plan new spaceship Europe and the US could be building a spaceship together later this decade. It is one of the ideas being considered as Europe ponders the next evolution of its ATV orbital freighter. The sophisticated robotic vessel is used to transport up to 7.5 tonnes of supplies to t...

ATV-4 to carry name Albert Einstein With ATV Johannes Kepler in space and ATV Edoardo Amaldi almost built, the next Space Station supply craft coming off the production line has been named after the most famous scientist of all time: Albert Einstein. Launch is expected in early 2013. [url=http://...

The launch campaign is now in Day 17 (of 180 days) - as you can imagine, preparing a 20-tonne vehicle means there is a lot of logistics work to be carried out before you can really start. We have the opportunity to store some items here at Centre Spatiale Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou between campaigns, but a l...

Fifth ATV named after Georges Lemaître ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATVs) are an essential contribution by Europe to running the International Space Station. Naming the fifth after Belgian scientist Georges Lemaître continues the tradition of drawing on great European visionaries to...

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ATV ATV-2 Johannes Kepler ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Space missions	22	7429	Jun 22 08:15 2011 by Blobrana
When Artemis talks, Johannes Kepler listens After Ariane 5 lofts ATV Johannes Kepler into space on 15 February, ESA's Artemis data relay satellite will be ready for action. Artemis will provide communications between Johannes Kepler and the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France. Hove...
Spaceship ATV Ariane5 ES-ATV ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview)	Mission News	79	22418	Feb 16 23:49 2011 by Blobrana
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), will be launched next year by a specific version of Ariane 5 called the Ariane 5 Evolution Storable upper stage Automated Transfer Vehicle, or A5 ES-ATV for short. Although the ATV does not use the powerful ECA ve...
ATV ATV orbital freighter (Preview)	Mission News	2	1255	Jun 23 00:56 2012 by Blobrana
US and Europe plan new spaceship Europe and the US could be building a spaceship together later this decade. It is one of the ideas being considered as Europe ponders the next evolution of its ATV orbital freighter. The sophisticated robotic vessel is used to transport up to 7.5 tonnes of supplies to t...
ATV ATV-4 Albert Einstein ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Space missions	14	3360	Oct 23 00:55 2013 by Blobrana
ATV-4 to carry name Albert Einstein With ATV Johannes Kepler in space and ATV Edoardo Amaldi almost built, the next Space Station supply craft coming off the production line has been named after the most famous scientist of all time: Albert Einstein. Launch is expected in early 2013. [url=http://...
ATV ATV-3 ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Space missions	37	8455	Oct 3 14:18 2012 by Blobrana
The launch campaign is now in Day 17 (of 180 days) - as you can imagine, preparing a 20-tonne vehicle means there is a lot of logistics work to be carried out before you can really start. We have the opportunity to store some items here at Centre Spatiale Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou between campaigns, but a l...
ATV ATV Georges Lemaître (Preview)	Space missions	0	1103	Feb 16 21:24 2012 by Blobrana
Fifth ATV named after Georges Lemaître ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATVs) are an essential contribution by Europe to running the International Space Station. Naming the fifth after Belgian scientist Georges Lemaître continues the tradition of drawing on great European visionaries to...