ATV Edoardo Amaldi set for liftoff
ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, is ready for launch to the International Space Station. ESA’s formal Launch Readiness Review on Monday revealed no problems with the vessel. Launch is set for this Friday at 04:34 GMT (05:34 CET).
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is the largest cargo vessel supplying the International Space Station with food, water supplies and propellants.
Yesterday, Arianespace conducted their readiness review for the Ariane 5 mission, VA205, that will deliver ATV to orbit. It, too, is cleared for flight.
Today, Ariane and ATV Edoardo Amaldi will be rolled to the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. The total vehicle mass is 777 tonnes –the heaviest ever for an Ariane. This ATV is also the rocket’s heaviest payload so far.
Follow the launch live via the ESA website – the webcast starts 30 minutes before liftoff.
- Automated Transfer Vehicle
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV - ATV blog
http://blogs.esa.int/atv - Watch full launch retransmission
http://www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency - ATV-3 docking
http://multimedia.esa.int/Videos/2012/03/ATV-3-Docking - Watch full docking retransmission
http://multimedia.esa.int/Videos/2012/03/ATV-3-Docking-Full-replay - Mission accomplished for ATV Edoardo Amaldi
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Mission_accomplished_for_ATV_I_Edoardo_Amaldi_I - ATV undocked
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV_undocked - ATV-3 set for overnight undocking
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-3_set_for_overnight_undocking - So long… and thanks for all the oxygen
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/So_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_oxygen - Learn to dock ATV the astronaut way
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Learn_to_dock_ATV_the_astronaut_way - Busy first days for ATV Edoardo Amaldi
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Busy_first_days_for_ATV_i_Edoardo_Amaldi_i - ATV music video: Back at the ISS
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV_music_video_Back_at_the_ISS - Artemis: the ATV whisperer
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Artemis_the_ATV_whisperer - Europe’s third cargo vehicle docks with the Space Station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Europe_s_third_cargo_vehicle_docks_with_the_Space_Station - Europe’s smart supply ship on its way to Space Station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Europe_s_smart_supply_ship_on_its_way_to_Space_Station - ATV-3 launch
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-3_launch - Crucial first steps in ATV’s orbital journey
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/Crucial_first_steps_in_ATV_s_orbital_journey - ATV Edoardo Amaldi set for liftoff
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV_i_Edoardo_Amaldi_I_set_for_liftoff - ATV-3 launch preparations going on
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-3_launch_preparations_going_on - New target launch date for ATV-3
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/New_target_launch_date_for_ATV-3 - ATV launch delayed
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ATV_launch_delayed - Europe’s ATV space ferry set for launch to Space Station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Europe_s_ATV_space_ferry_set_for_launch_to_Space_Station - ATV Edoardo Amaldi arrives in Kourou
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ATV_i_Edoardo_Amaldi_i_arrives_in_Kourou - ATV Factsheet
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/ATV/Fact_ATV_cropmarks_EN.pdf - ATV-3 Mission logo
http://www.esa.int/Media/Images/ATV-3_Edoardo_Amaldi_mission_logo 
ATV on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157629474969225/- ATV-3 Poster
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Exhibition/The_ATV-3_mission_posters_and_visuals_for_download - ATV video gallery
http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Missions/ATV/(sortBy)/published