|  | | | | | | A dedicated Ariane 5 to launch Jules Verne
27 May 2005
| This new vehicle, scheduled for maiden flight in 2008, will dock with the Station's Zvezda Service Module. It will carry a 7.4 tonne payload that includes water, oxygen and propellant. Four tonnes of the propellant will be used to reboost the Station at regular intervals; another 860 kg will be transferred to the Station for attitude and orbit control. ATV will be a separate transfer vehicle with avionics and propulsion capability. Launched by Ariane-5E, it will resemble a regular satellite payload protected by Ariane's fairing. Equipped with a set of engines and with solar panels, it will include a separate pressurised payload container. Controlled from the ATV Control Centre in Europe, its docking manoeuvres will be coordinated with the Space Station Control Center at Houston and with the Russian control centre near Moscow.
Credits: ESA-D. Ducros | |  |  | |
| | | | New mission for Ariane 5
| Ariane 5 ES ATV
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| | | | Jules Verne ascent and insertion
| Europe's vehicle for resupplying the International Space Station in combination with ESA's new Ariane 5, the 20.5 t, 8.5 m-long Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will enable Europe to transport cargo to the International Space Station.
Credits: ESA -D.Ducros | | | | |
| | | | | | Ariane 5 ES-ATV launch trajectory | | | | |
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ATV development