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Article Images  ESA issues first Jules Verne payload list  Cutaway view of the Automated Transfer Vehicle - to the right you see the pressurized module where the dry cargo is stored. Payloads from different countries  ESA astronaut Jean François Clervoy, senior advisor to the ATV programme, performs the ATV Late Access test at ESA's research and technology centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. (January 2005) Payload priority: Propellant  The ATV uses up to 4.7 tonnes of propellant to raise the ISS altitude which naturally decreases with the residual atmospheric drag. In combination with ESA's new Ariane 5, 8.5 m-long Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will enable Europe to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The 45 m³ pressurized module of the ATV delivers up to 7,2 tonnes of equipment, fuel, food, water and air for the crew. Delivery of “Russian” type water  In combination with ESA's new Ariane 5, 8.5 m-long Automated Transfer Vehicle (Verne) will enable Europe to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The 45 m³ pressurized module of the ATV delivers up to 7,2 tonnes of equipment, fuel, food, water and air for the crew. Waste removal from the ISS  After 6 months, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), loaded with 6.5 tonnes of waste, separates from ISS and fully burns up during a guided and controlled reentry high over the Pacific.
In combination with ESA's new Ariane 5, 8.5 m-long ATV will enable Europe to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The 45 m³ pressurized module of the ATV delivers up to 7.2 tonnes of equipment, fuel, food, water and air for the crew. Release date: 12 April 2006 |