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Jules Verne payload (May 2005)

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Mass budget in launch configuration
Dry cargo mass (includes bags & packing material) ~ 1 610 kg
Refueling propellant transfered to ISS (UDMH + NTO): + 860 kg
Water: + 280 kg
Gas (Nitrogen, Oxygen or air): + 100 kg
Propellant (MMH + MON) available for ISS re-boost & attitude control: + ~2 010 kg
Total net cargo = 4 860 kg
Total cargo support hardware (1) + ~ 2 260 kg
Total gross cargo(net cargo + its support hardware) = 7 120 kg 7 120 kg
Jules Verne mission propellant (2): + 3 690 kg
Jules Verne empty (without propellant, without cargo & its support hardware (1) + 8 790 kg
Jules Verne mass at launch: = 19 600 kg
Ariane 5 ES-ATV launch capability 20 750 kg
Waste download capacity: 6 340 kg (5 500 kg dry material + 840 kg liquid)

Jules Verne dimensions
Dry cargo volume to be transferred to the ISS (3): ~ 8 m³
Pressurized cabin volume: 48 m³
Overall ATV length: 10.3 m
Max ATV diameter: 4.5 m
ATV-A5 interface diameter: 3.9 m

(1) Cargo support hardware : containers, racks, shelves, lateral guides, bags; pipes and tanks for water, gas, refueling and reboost propellants; Kurs antenna and anti-meteorite protection.

(2) About one third of the 3 690 kg mission propellant figure corresponds to the propellant needed for the demonstration phases unique to the Jules Verne flight (such as testing the rendezvous abort modes: stopping the approach, going back to a parking orbit and delaying the rendezvous until the following day like the touch-and-go of an aircraft).

(3) Dry cargo volume (with 6 racks which are a kind of support shelf) available is about 13.8 m³ (9.3 m³ inside the racks + 4.5 m³ outside the racks), but the payload priority for the Jules Verne mission is given to re-boost propellants.

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