ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi=Ariane-5ES (VA-205)- 23.03.12 08:34 ЛМВ

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http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ATV/SEMECJ6SXIG_0.html

Parts of ATV Edoardo Amaldi coming together[/size]


ATV-3's Equipped Avionics Bay (EAB) being delivered via Beluga Airbus
 
19 January 2011
While ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, is undergoing final launch preparations, its successor, ATV Edoardo Amaldi, is shaping up in Bremen. The launch of Europe's third space ferry is planned for February 2012.
 
The three main parts of ATV-3 arrived at the premises of EADS Astrium in Bremen, Germany, in December. The vehicle is now waiting to be assembled at the end of January.

The Integrated Cargo Carrier, built by Thales Alenia Space Italy, was transported by a voluminous Beluga aircraft from Turin airport just before Christmas.

This module represents about 60% of the total ATV volume and will hold all the liquid and dry cargo, totalling up to 7.5 tonnes.  
 
Europe-wide engineering expertise
 
The Equipped Propulsion Bay, containing the rocket engines and propellant tanks, was built on site in Bremen. The Equipped Avionics Bay – ATV's 'brain' – was delivered from Toulouse, France, after thermal vacuum testing.

As the computers in the avionics bay generate a lot of heat, the thermal control system of this section is particularly sophisticated – and vital for ATV's success.
 
   
ATV-3's Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC)

These two modules will be combined at the end of the month into their final configuration for launch. Later in the spring, the cargo carrier will be electrically connected with them for final testing.

ATV-3 will be shipped to the launch site, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in September for dispatch to the ISS in February 2012.
 
Mass-producing the cargo craft
 
The newest ATV, named after a leading figure in Italian space science last century, will be the first to be processed and launched within the target cadence of one ATV per year.
    
   
ATV-3's Equipped Avionics Bay (EAB)

Construction of the following ATVs is also on schedule to keep up the tempo.

"The main challenges of Edoardo Amaldi will be not only to perform its very complex mission as successfully as its predecessors, but also to prepare it within a much shorter interval since the previous one," says Massimo Cislaghi, ESA's ATV-3 Mission Manager.

"This implies, for instance, that any technical information from the Johannes Kepler mission will become available only when the Edoardo Amaldi preparations are already at a very advanced stage."
 
So far, the only differences between the two spacecraft are the name and the cargo manifest.
   
   
ATV Edoardo Amaldi logo

The launch by the end of February 2012 will be, "vital for space station logistics, especially at a time when the operational life of the US Space Shuttle will have come to an end, and its replacement might not yet be ready," comments Massimo.

After being happily mated in Bremen for system integration and testing, the parts will then be separated. Their next destination is French Guiana, where all the pieces will be reassembled and tested again before the vessel's voyage into space.

[Salo]

Расписание от Аника: Changes on March 26th
2012
January - spacewalk (ISS US EVA-18)from Quest airlock
January 20 - HTV-3 "Kounotori-3" launch
January 25 - HTV-3 "Kounotori-3" capture and berthing (to Harmony nadir) by SSRMS
February - spacewalk (ISS Russian EVA-31) from Pirs airlock
February 24 - HTV-3 "Kounotori-3" unberthing (from Harmony nadir) and release by SSRMS
February 29 - ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi" launch

[m-s Gelezniak]

Ну что, пошли "пирожки".

[Потусторонний]

На форуме НСФ:
2012
January - spacewalk (ISS US EVA-18) from Quest airlock
January 20 - HTV-3 "Kounotori-3" launch
January 25 - HTV-3 "Kounotori-3" capture and berthing (to Harmony nadir) by SSRMS
February - spacewalk (ISS Russian EVA-31) from Pirs airlock
February 24 - HTV-3 "Kounotori-3" unberthing (from Harmony nadir) and release by SSRMS
February 29 - ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi" launch
March 5 - Progress M-12M undocking (from Zvezda)
March 8 - ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi" docking (to Zvezda)
March 16 - Soyuz TMA-22 undocking (from Poisk) and landing [Shkaplerov, Ivanishin, Burbank]
March 30 - Soyuz TMA-04M launch [Padalka, Valkov, Acaba]
April 1 - Soyuz TMA-04M docking (to Poisk)
April 16 - ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi" undocking (from Zvezda)
April 17 - Progress M-15M launch
April 19 - Progress M-15M docking (to Zvezda)
May 16 - Soyuz TMA-03M undocking (from Rassvet) and landing [Kononenko, Kuipers, Pettit]
May 30 - Soyuz TMA-05M launch [Malenchenko, S.Williams, Hoshide]
June 1 - Soyuz TMA-05M docking (to Rassvet)

Changes on March 26th

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1106/22atventry/

Cargo freighter ends flight, third ATV set for 2012 launch[/size]
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: June 22, 2011

BREMEN, Germany -- Fulfilling its final duty as a trash hauler, the European Space Agency's second Automated Transfer Vehicle made a suicidal plunge into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday with 2,600 pounds of garbage from the International Space Station.
 
Meanwhile, German engineers are preparing Europe's third robotic cargo freighter for another resupply mission in early 2012.

The 32-foot-long ship, named Johannes Kepler for the German astronomer and mathematician, undocked from the space station Monday and fired its engines twice Tuesday to lower its orbit and drop back into the atmosphere.

The ATV was not equipped with a heat shield, so engineers expected the craft to tumble and burn up when it encountered the scorching temperatures of re-entry.

Engineers at the ATV control center in Toulouse, France, lost radio contact with the spacecraft at 2041 GMT (4:41 p.m. EDT) as the ship descended at an altitude of about 50 miles, according to the European Space Agency.

Debris from the ATV, including its main engines and docking adapter, should have impacted the remote Pacific Ocean around 2100 GMT (5 p.m. EDT), ESA officials said.

Controllers expected the hardiest components to strike the ocean at about 43.05 degrees south latitude and 147.02 degrees west longitude. The remote strech of the Pacific Ocean is about 1,500 miles east of New Zealand and 3,700 miles west of Chile.

A small hardened data recorder was inside the spacecraft to capture information on the environment the ATV experience during its fiery demise. Provided by the Aerospace Corp., the recorder was designed to transmit data back to engineers via an Iridium satellite before impacting the ocean.

The ATV launched Feb. 16 and reached the space station Feb. 24.

The Johannes Kepler mission delivered about 3,500 pounds of dry cargo in its pressurized cabin. Astronauts manually unloaded that equipment during the craft's stay.

The spacecraft also carried refueling propellant and oxygen to replenish the station's tanks.

The ATV's last duty before leaving the space station was boosting the lab's orbit by 35 kilometers, or about 22 miles. The spacecraft fired its thrusters over three days between June 12 and June 17 to raise the station's orbit.

The complex is now circling the planet at an average altitude of 237 miles, higher than the space station has ever flown before. The reboosts were conceived to place the lab higher above the drag effects of Earth's atmosphere, increasing the station's fuel efficiency over the next decade.

"The mission of ATV-2 has been very smooth and we have encountered during these four months only very minor issues that were quickly taken care of by our teams," said Nico Dettmann, head of ESA's ATV program.

Attention now turns to the third ATV mission christened Edoardo Amaldi after an accomplished Italian physicist.

"ATV has shown again its capabilities in servicing the station and we are looking forward to the next, Edoardo Amaldi, which will be shipped to Kourou in August for launch in early 2012."

The Edoardo Amaldi spacecraft is undergoing final assembly and systems testing at an EADS Astrium facility in Bremen, Germany.


The third ATV is under construction in Germany. We have also posted additional photos taken from the ATV production floor. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
 
"It will be shipped at the beginning of August," said Wolfgang Paetsch, head of the ATV program at EADS Astrium. "So in the next few weeks, we have quite a lot to do, but we're on track. We're very optimistic we will make it, and we are well-observed by a lot of people. And we think we can deliver in time and with good quality as we did for ATV 2."

Unlike most satellites, the cargo freighters do not go through extensive shake and thermal testing to ensure they will survive the flight. Some individual components and systems go through such testing, but engineers are confident the ATV spacecraft is qualified to fly in space.

Both ATV missions thus far have performed with almost no faults.

The Edoardo Amaldi mission will carry more supplies than its predecessors in the ship's pressurized integrated cargo carrier module. It will also ferry oxygen, water and refueling propellant to the space station.

Engineers conduct the systems testing at the German factory with the spacecraft in a "soft-mate" configuration, in which the ATV's cargo module is wired to the vehicle's propulsion and service module with cables and plumbing. That's enough to complete the necessary testing, and the ATV's central components won't be physically attached until they are at the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

Once the testing is finished, workers will load the ATV on a ship to sail to the mission's South America launch site. Liftoff is scheduled for February.

Pieces of the fourth and fifth ATV cargo freighters are already at the Astrium facility to begin assembly for launches in 2013 and 2014.

"We're now at the peak of production," Paetsch said. "The center of gravity for ATV is now in Bremen, Germany."

The ATV resupply flights are ESA's contribution to help pay for the agency's share of the space station operating costs.

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1106/22atv3photos/

Behind the scenes inside the ATV factory[/size]
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: June 22, 2011

As one European cargo ship ended its mission Tuesday, production teams in Germany are testing the next Automated Transfer Vehicle before shipping it to the launch site in August.

Liftoff of the third ATV, dubbed Edoardo Amaldi after an Italian physicist, is scheduled for February 2012 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. It will deliver supplies, propellant, oxygen and water to the International Space Station.

Spaceflight Now visited the EADS Astrium factory in mid-June to observe the final assembly and testing of the ATV cargo ship and the Ariane 5 upper stage that will propel it into orbit. The facility is located in Bremen, Germany.


The ATV integrated cargo carrier, provided by Thales Alenia Space of Italy, sits in a final assembly and test portal in a clean room at EADS Astrium in Bremen, Germany.
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
 

Technicians work inside the pressurized cabin of the ATV's cargo carrier.
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now


Workers load a cargo rack into the ATV.
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
 

One of the cargo ship's four main engines mounted to the aft cone of the service module. Built by Aerojet, the engines each generate about 110 pounds of thrust and are used for major orbit maneuvers to reach the space station and return to Earth.
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
 

This image, taken inside the ATV's propulsion module, show the spacecraft's propellant tanks and the maze of plumbing to go along with it.
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now
 

The Ariane 5 upper stage for the third ATV mission is complete and awaiting shipment to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. The mission will employ a version of the stage burning storable propellant. Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

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http://www.astrium.eads.net/node.php?articleid=7404

Astrium ships ATV "Edoardo Amaldi"[/size]
11 august 2011
• Third ATV en route to Kourou

• "Edoardo Amaldi" scheduled to fly to the ISS in the spring of 2012

• ATV plays an indispensable role in carrying supplies to the ISS

Bremen, 11 August 2011 – "Edoardo Amaldi", the third European cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), is on its way to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has undergone extensive system testing at Astrium's Bremen site over the last few months and has now been given the go-ahead for the final stage prior to the cargo spacecraft's flight to the ISS.

"Edoardo Amaldi" is slated for launch in the spring of 2012. On behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), Astrium is responsible for both development and production of the ATV. The production of ATV units two to five – as well as mission preparation and operations support – is covered by the "Exploitation" contract, which governs the operation and provisioning of the European components of the ISS. Astrium is responsible for carrying out these activities on ESA's behalf.

"Edoardo Amaldi" is the second production unit, following on from the highly successful first flight model "Jules Verne" and the first production unit "Johannes Kepler". Astrium has orders for a total of four ATV production units from ESA – a testimony to the high reliability Astrium has shown as ESA's prime contractor for the development of ATV and also of Columbus.

"The extension of the ISS mission until 2020 presents Astrium with further opportunities in regard to both the supply and the operation of the ISS," explained Dr. Michael Menking, Astrium's Senior Vice President of Orbital Systems and Exploration, speaking as the ATV set off from Bremen on Thursday. He also confirmed that production of the ATV units is currently running according to schedule: "Edoardo Amaldi" is on its way to Kourou, and ATV 4 "Albert Einstein" has reached the integration stage in Bremen. Menking added that delivery of the first batch of structures for ATV 5 is imminent, which will enable integration work to begin soon.

ATV must comply with the safety requirements for human spaceflight. Thus ATV's digital and electronic architecture features double and triple redundancies. A fault-tolerant computer – consisting of three computer modules – ensures the reliable and smooth execution of the ATV mission.

"With the retirement of the US Space Shuttle, ATV is the largest vehicle supplying the ISS. Considering its technological challenges, like automatic rendezvous and docking, ATV is the most sophisticated space vehicle ever built in Europe," said Menking.

 "Edoardo Amaldi" will be shipped to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in three special containers, accompanied by some 45 sea containers taking care of test equipment. At Kourou's spaceport, final assembly will be performed on the spacecraft, Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), solar panels and the Separation and Distancing Module (SDM), which forms the interface between ATV and the Ariane 5 launcher. The ATV will then be subjected to further extensive tests on site before being fuelled, loaded and integrated as a payload on an Ariane 5. "According to our schedule planning, we will be ready for launch for this third mission to the ISS in the spring of 2012," Menking added. The other ATVs are being produced at a rate of one per year.

ATV is Europe's contribution to supplying the ISS. On a typical mission, ATV carries water, gases, fuel, food and scientific equipment to the ISS. Once its mission is over, ATV is loaded with waste, undocked from the ISS and burns up during a controlled re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. ATV is also responsible for regularly boosting the ISS to its operational orbit of around 400 km, performing attitude control for the ISS, and carrying out manoeuvres to avoid collisions with space debris.

Weighing in at 20 metric tons, ATV has a maximum net cargo capacity of up to 7 metric tons. The composition of this payload can vary depending on the mission: 1.5 to 5.5 metric tons of freight and supplies (food, research instruments, tools, etc.), up to 840 kilograms of drinking water, up to 100 kilograms of gases (air, oxygen and nitrogen), up to 4.6 metric tons of fuel for orbit correction and attitude control, and up to 860 kilograms of propellant to refuel the space station.[/size]

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http://www.ria.ru/science/20110816/418230135.html

Запуск еврогрузовика ATV-3 к МКС запланирован на 7 марта 2012 года[/size]

ЖУКОВСКИЙ, 16 авг - РИА Новости. Запуск третьего европейского космического грузового корабля ATV-3 к Международной космической станции (МКС) запланирован на 7 марта 2012 года, его стыковка с МКС назначена на 19 марта, сообщил РИА Новости глава представительства Европейского космического агентства (ЕКА) в Москве Рене Пишель.

"Готовится к запуску третий ATV-3, имеющий, как и предыдущие корабли, собственное имя - "Эдуардо Амальди". Запуск запланирован на 7 марта 2012 года, а стыковка с МКС - 19 марта", - сказал Пишель.

ATV представляет собой автономный космический корабль разработки ЕКА, используемый для доставки грузов на МКС и коррекции орбиты ее полета. Каждый ATV способен доставить 7,7 тонны груза и топлива. По окончании миссии корабль, нагруженный отходами, отстыковывается от станции и сгорает во время управляемого входа в атмосферу земли.

Первый европейский космический грузовик "Жюль Верн" был запущен в 2008 году. Второй ATV - "Иоган Теплер" был запущен в феврале 2011 года. Всего до 2015 года планируется запустить еще три подобных корабля, одним из которых станет "Эдуардо Амальди".

Кроме того, в рамках европейской программы "подготовительные работы по транспортным системам и пилотируемым исследованиям" ЕКА рассматривает концепцию перспективного возвращаемого корабля (ARV), разрабатываемого на основе существующего грузовика ATV.[/size]

[ааа]

Второй ATV - "Иоган Теплер"

Ну хоть не "степлер".

[Salo]

А тэгами цитирования Вы так и не овладели: я этого не писал(а).

[Блудный]

А тэгами цитирования Вы так и не овладели

Salo

[Salo]

Вы не заБлудились?

[Frontm]

В трёх ATV ?
 

[ааа]

А тэгами цитирования Вы так и не овладели

Salo

Ницше мертв.

[Salo]

Кинг Конг жив!

[ronatu]

Ну вот и поладили....

[instml]

Европейский космический грузовик доставлен на космодром Куру

МОСКВА, 27 авг - РИА Новости. Третий европейский грузовой космический корабль ATV-3 "Эдоардо Амальди" закончил свое путешествие через Атлантику и прибыл на космодром Куру во французской Гвиане, откуда он стартует к МКС в начале 2012 года, сообщает Европейское космическое агентство.

В среду на этой неделе до Международной космической станции из-за неполадок ракеты-носителя не смог долететь российский грузовик "Прогресс М-12М". Вместе с тем, российские и американские специалисты заверяют, что экипаж станции в достаточной степени обеспечен запасами воды и пищи.

Европейский "Амальди" сможет доставить на МКС около 2 тонн сухих грузов, 285 килограммов воды и более 3 тонн топлива.

Корабль, названный в честь итальянского физика-исследователя космических лучей Эдоардо Амальди (Edoardo Amaldi) 6 августа отправился в путь в Южную Америку из германского порта Бремерхафен на борту судна "Тукан" в трех герметичных контейнерах, и через три недели прибыл к месту старта.

После "отставки" американских шаттлов европейские грузовые корабли стали самым грузоподъемным средством доставки на МКС всего необходимого - "Прогрессы" могут доставлять на орбиту около 2,5 тонны груза.

Первый ATV получил название "Жюль Верн" (Jules Verne). В 2008 году он совершил демонстрационный полет на МКС и доставил на станцию груз массой 4,5 тонны. Второй "еврогрузовик" ATV-2 "Иоганн Кеплер" прибыл к МКС в феврале 2011 года и оставался пристыкованным к станции до конца июня.

Европейское космическое агентство планирует в ближайшие четыре года запускать к МКС по одному кораблю в год.

http://ria.ru/science/20110827/424908569.html

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/834.asp

The next ATV resupply spacecraft arrives for Arianespace's 2012 mission to service the International Space Station[/size]

August 26, 2011 – Ariane flight with ATV Edoardo Amaldi

Arianespace's role in supporting the International Space Station's continuing operations was underscored with the arrival of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) resupply vessel in French Guiana, which is to be launched next year by an Ariane 5 for servicing of the crewed facility in Earth orbit.

The ATV Edoardo Amaldi – named after the Italian cosmic ray physicist who was a founding father of European space research – is now at the Spaceport after arriving yesterday in French Guiana aboard the MN Toucan.  This roll-on/roll-off seagoing vessel is one of two used by Arianespace to transport launch vehicle components from Europe to South America, and the ships also are made available for exceptional loads such as the ATV.

For its three-week voyage from Germany's North Sea harbor of Bremerhaven, the ATV Edoardo Amaldi was shipped in three sections that were protected by hermetically-sealed containers, accompanied by some 45 other containers with test and checkout equipment for the spacecraft's preparation at the Spaceport.

This will be the third ATV launched by Arianespace, following its orbiting of the ATV Johannes Kepler last January, and ATV Jules Verne in March 2008.

With the retirement of the U.S. Space Shuttle fleet, Europe's ATV is the largest vehicle supplying the International Space Station, and is among the heaviest payloads orbited by Ariane 5 – weighing in at some 20 metric tons for liftoff.  Pre-launch preparations at the Spaceport are performed to strict safety and cleanliness standards of a manned spacecraft, as the vehicle becomes part of the International Space Station while docked to the orbital facility.

The ATVs typically carry water, gases, fuel, food and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.  While docked to the facility for up to six months, the ATVs are used as well to regularly boost the station back up to its operational orbit of approximately 400 km., while also performing attitude control duties, and carrying out maneuvers to avoid collisions with space debris.  Once their missions are completed, the ATVs are loaded with waste and undocked for a controlled re-entry and burn-up in the Earth's atmosphere.

Current planning calls for the ATV Edoardo Amaldi to be launched in the spring of 2012, carrying about two metric tons of dry cargo, 285 kg. of water and more than three tons of propellant.

The ATV program is performed under management of the European Space Agency, and is part of Europe's contribution to International Space Station's creation and operation.  Production of the resupply spacecraft involves a European industry team led by prime contractor EADS Astrium.



The MN Toucan passes the Kourou waterfront on its way to docking at Pariacabo Port, completing a voyage from Europe with the next Automated Transfer Vehicle to be launched by Arianespace.


One of the containers with elements for the ATV Edoardo Amaldi is unloaded from the roll-on/roll-off MN Toucan at Pariacabo Port near Kourou.[/size]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/835.asp

Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle begins its preparations for launch on Ariane 5[/size]

August 31, 2011 – Ariane flight with ATV Edoardo Amaldi

The preparation campaign for Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has begun in French Guiana as this large cargo resupply spacecraft is readied for a spring 2012 Ariane 5 launch by Arianespace to service the International Space Station.

During activity in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility, the ATV's two main components – its Integrated Cargo Carrier and the Service Module – are undergoing initial checkout, starting a 180-day launch campaign.

Both elements are in the S5 facility's large S5C hall, having been unloaded from the shipping containers that protected them during the multi-week sea voyage from Europe to South America.  S5C is the largest of the S5 building's preparation halls, and has 700 sq. meters of clean room facilities for major payloads such as the ATV.  It also includes adjacent dedicated office areas for the technical teams performing payload checkout duties.

The ATV arrived in French Guiana last week aboard the MN Toucan – one of two roll-on/roll-off seagoing vessels used by Arianespace to transport launch vehicle components from Europe to South America, and which also are made available for exceptional loads such as the ATV.

Named after Italian cosmic ray physicist Edoardo Amaldi, this latest ATV will carry about two metric tons of dry cargo, 285 kg. of water and more than three tons of propellants, based on current planning.

ATV Edoardo Amaldi will be the third such resupply spacecraft launched by Arianespace for servicing of the International Space Station.  The first was ATV Jules Verne, orbited in March 2008, followed by ATV Johannes Kepler last January.

Managed by the European Space Agency, the ATV program is part of Europe's contribution to the International Space Station's creation and operation.  EADS Astrium is the ATV's prime contractor, leading a European industry team. [/size]


The ATV Edoardo Amaldi's two major components are shown during initial checkout activity in the S5C preparation hall: the Service Module, in the foreground; and the Integrated Cargo Carrier in the background./size]

[DAP]

Пишут, что старт ATV-3, возможно, переползет на середину 2012 года.

Also, the ATV-3 mission may also slip into the mid-2012 timeframe, again for reasons unrelated to the Progress failure.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/iss-managers-flight-manifest-following-progress-failure/

[PIN]

Кстати, вакансия открылась по операциям:
http://www.space-careers.com/jobsearch/view_10106.html
на 3й и 4й пуски минимум.