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ATV Johannes Kepler

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Eight days after launch, ESA’s latest Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, completed a flawless rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station at 17:08 CET (16:08 GMT) to deliver essential supplies.

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The Mission Operations Team

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ATV Mission Director Kris Capelle during Johannes Kepler docking

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ATV Mission Director Kris Capelle during Johannes Kepler docking 24 February 2011.

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The docking port on the Integrated Cargo Carrier of ATV Johannes Kepler - in production at Thales Alenia Space Italy, Turin.

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ATV docking trajectory includes critical station-keeping points

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For the first ATV docking, Mission Operations will pace the spacecraft through 3 stages: Demonstration Day 1, Demonstration Day 2, and final docking. At each of Demo Day 1 & 2, ATV will be commanded to perform an escape, to test and confirm that all automatic systems are working before approachuing closer than 12 m to the ISS. Points marked S-1/2 to S41 represent critical station-keeping points along the way.

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Graphic showing all the steps in the Automated Transfer Vehicle mission scenario - starting with the launch from Kourou, in French Guiana, and ending with the destructive re-entry in the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

Credits: ESA - D. Ducros

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