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Flight plan

ATV mission concept ATV flight phases ATV cargo capacity

Spacecraft

ATV configuration ATV Integrated Cargo Carrier ATV Service Module ATV evolution

ATV Missions

ATV-1: Jules VerneATV-2: Johannes KeplerATV-3: Edoardo AmaldiATV-4: Albert Einstein

Operations

Flight operations ATV Control Centre Crew role

Industry

ESA's role European industry

Downloads

ATV Edoardo Amaldi factsheet (pdf)ATV Edoardo Amaldi info kit English (pdf)ATV Edoardo Amaldi info kit German (pdf)ATV Edoardo Amaldi info kit French (pdf)ATV Edoardo Amaldi info kit Italian (pdf)ATV: Servicing the International Space Station (pdf)

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Services

Europe’s ATV space ferry set for launch to Space Station

8 February 2012 Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March liftoff approaches.

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ATV Edoardo Amaldi arrives in Kourou

26 August 2011 ATV-3, Europe’s next unmanned cargo carrier to the International Space Station, has completed its first long voyage – sailing across the Atlantic. It is now at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana to prepare for launch early next year.

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ATV-4 to carry name Albert Einstein

26 May 2011 With ATV Johannes Kepler in space and ATV Edoardo Amaldi almost built, the next Space Station supply craft coming off the production line has been named after the most famous scientist of all time: Albert Einstein. Launch is expected in early 2013.

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Have a tour inside the ATV with Paolo Nespoli

Paolo takes us on a tour of ATV Johannes Kepler in his YouTube answer video to a question from Malaga, Spain.

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