Updates ISS ATV-4 "Albert Einstein" & ATV-5 "Georges Lemaître" flights

orb · Oct 26, 2013

The Expedition 37 crew is getting Europe’s “Albert Einstein” Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) ready for its undocking. The ATV-4 has been filled with trash and its hatches have been closed. European Space Agency mission controllers will deorbit the ATV-4 over the Pacific Ocean.

The ATV-4 delivered more than 7 tons of food, fuel and supplies on June 15. It’s undocking is scheduled for 4:59 a.m. EDT Monday. NASA Television will cover the event live beginning at 4:45 a.m.

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orb · Oct 26, 2013

ESA: ATV-4: all good missions must come to an end

Cosmic Penguin · Oct 28, 2013

ATV-4 undocking in less than 10 minutes - coverage already on NASA TV.

Cosmic Penguin · Oct 28, 2013

Goodbye X-fighter! (still feeling strange to think that there's just one more ATV left!)

Urwumpe · Oct 28, 2013

Galactic Penguin SST said:
Goodbye X-fighter! (still feeling strange to think that there's just one more ATV left!)

Really a strange feeling, considering how successful it is.

orb · Oct 28, 2013

Undocking Video

NASAtelevision:

NASA: “Albert Einstein” Completes Mission at Station

NASASpaceflight: ATV-4 bids farewell to ISS following flawless mission

SpaceRef: ATV-4 Re-enters Earth's Atmosphere

Universe Today: ATV-4 ‘Einstein’ Says Goodbye to the Space Station

Aviation Week: ESA's ATV-4 Resupply Capsule Ends Long Space Station Stay

Spaceflight Now: European cargo freighter undocks from space station

Ripley · Oct 31, 2013

ISS crew paying tribute to the famous Albert Einstein picture:

http://www.astronautinews.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/A_tribute_to_Albert_Einstein.jpg

(Warning: 2.500 x 1.663 pixels - jpg - 1.7Mb)

orb · Nov 1, 2013

Arianespace:

2013-10-30: The latest ATV completes transatlantic voyage for its Arianespace Ariane 5 flight
2013-10-31: Europe’s fifth ATV for launch by Arianespace begins its pre-flight checkout at the Spaceport

HQ photo from ATV-4 undocking (click to enlarge):

Notebook · Nov 2, 2013

November 2013
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry, Albert Einstein, completed its five-month mission to the International Space Station by reentering the atmosphere today and burning up safely over an uninhabited area of the southern Pacific Ocean.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/H..._end_to_a_perfect_mission_ATV_Albert_Einstein

orb · Nov 4, 2013

Aviation Week: ESA looks to mid-2014 for final ATV mission to the International Space Station

Cosmic Penguin · Jul 21, 2014

ATV-5 Georges Lemaître updates

Well with only a week to go before the final ATV set sails (was to be in 3 days, but there was a delay due to problems with filling the Ariane 5 rocket's upper stage), it's time to bump this thread! :hailprobe:

To start with, follow the latest news on ATV-5 Georges Lemaître here: http://blogs.esa.int/atv/

And a piece of news about what will happen next January when the ATV goes into history:
ATV’s fiery break-up to be seen from inside

As ESA’s remaining supply ferry to the International Space Station burns up in the atmosphere, its final moments as its hull disintegrates will be recorded from the inside by a unique infrared camera.

An ESA-led team designed and developed the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Break-Up Camera in just nine months in order to make it on board in time.

Working at breakneck pace, the team designed, built and tested both the camera and the Reentry SatCom capsule to work like an aircraft-style ’black box’ to store images, then transmit them to Earth after the vessel’s break-up via an Iridium satellite link.

ESA’s BUC camera will join Japan’s i-Ball optical camera and NASA’s Re-entry Break-up Recorder to give as full a picture as possible of the conditions inside the vehicle as it breaks up.

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Pictures and videos coming soon...... :tiphat:

Cosmic Penguin · Jul 21, 2014

Oh and ATV-5 is currently scheduled to launch on July 29 at 23:44 UTC.

Cosmic Penguin · Jul 29, 2014

Galactic Penguin SST said:
Oh and ATV-5 is currently scheduled to launch on July 29 at 23:44 UTC.

Slightly refined to 23:47:38 UTC.

Travelling aboard makes writing difficult, but before launch I will finish up a report on the mission of the last ATV and also a retrospect on the program. :tiphat:

Cosmic Penguin · Jul 29, 2014

Artist_s_view_and_cut_open_view_of_ATV-5_Georges_Lemaitre.jpg

The end for the ISS' "X-fighter" program is finally in sight as the last of the breed is about to depart from Earth, under the name of the founder of the expanding universe theory. So what is the flight plan for the large cargo transporter? :tiphat:

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Kourou Launch pad ELA-3 5° 14'06.34"N, 52° 46'06.34"W

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