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Ariane 5 ES | Edoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003)
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Edoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003)

Ariane 5 ES

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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Mission

ATV-3 is the Automated Transfer Vehicle operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) to resupply the international space station (ISS) with propellant, water, air and dry cargo. After 5 days in orbit it docked to the ISS on 23rd March 2012.

Launch vehicle
Ariane 5 ES
Mission type
Resupply
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Edoardo Amaldi ATV
Destination
International Space Station
Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 3
Provider
Arianespace
Programs
International Space Station

The vehicle

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Ariane 5 ES
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Launch vehicle

Ariane 5 ES

The Ariane 5 ES (Evolution Storable) has an estimated LEO launch capacity of 21,000 kg (46,000 lb). It includes all the performance improvements of Ariane 5 ECA core and boosters but replaces the ESC-A second stage with the restartable EPS used on Ariane 5 GS variants. It was used to launch the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into a 260 km circular low Earth orbit inclined at 51.6° and has been used 3 times to launch 4 Galileo navigation satellites at a time directly into their operational orbit. The Ariane 5 ES flew 8 times from 2008 to 2018 with no failures.

Height
45.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
8
First flight
2008-03-09

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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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