Docking date for ATV-3 with Space Station
Artist's impression of ATV docking
ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, scheduled for launch on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 23 March, is planned to dock with the International Space Station five days later.
ATV-3 will automatically dock with the Station’s Russian Zvezda module during the night of 28–29 March. The precise time will be known after launch, which is set for 04:31 GMT (05:31 CET) on Friday, 23 March.
The flight of ATV-3 is part of the internationally coordinated servicing effort to support the International Space Station.
Related links
- Automated Transfer Vehicle
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV - ATV blog
http://blogs.esa.int/atv - 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-3 launch preparations going on
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-3_launch_preparations_going_on - ATV Factsheet
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/ATV/Fact_ATV_cropmarks_EN.pdf - ATV-1: Jules Verne
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-1_i_Jules_Verne_i - ATV-2: Johannes Kepler
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-2_i_Johannes_Kepler_i - ATV-3: Edoardo Amaldi
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-3_i_Edoardo_Amaldi_i - ATV-4: Albert Einstein
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ATV/ATV-4_i_Albert_Einstein_i