ATV-4 Albert Einstein-Ariane-5ES (VA213) - Kourou ELA-3 - 05.06.2013 21:52 UTC

[Salo]

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/01/16/atv-4-cargo-module-shipping/

ATV-4 Cargo module shipping
Posted on 16 Jan 2012 at 16:43 CET by lena

Even as ATV-3 is just approaching launch in March, the follow-on ATV-4 is already being prepared. ESA's ATVs are playing a major role in supplying and maintaining the International Space Station – and we can't leave the astronauts waiting, right?

The integrated cargo module (ICC) of ATV-4 Albert Einstein just got shipped to Bremen, Germany, on 30 December. It was built in Turin, Italy, and is now going through final tests in Bremen. The cargo module represents about 60 percent of the spacecraft. The other parts, the propulsion and avionics modules, were built by Astrium directly in Bremen.

The International Space Station (ISS) depends on regular deliveries of experiment equipment and spare parts, as well as food, air and water for its permanent crew. In the cargo module just shipped to Bremen there will be water, gas, refuelling propellants and dry cargo. But ATVs are not only transport vehicles – astronauts dressed in regular clothing are able to access the pressurised part of the ICC during its joint orbital flight with the ISS, so it's also an integral part of Station while docked.

ATV-4 Albert Einstein will be launched in early 2013 fr om the Spaceport in Kourou, wh ere the whole spacecraft will be shipped around August 2012.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/880.asp

In separate activity, the cargo module for Europe's fourth ATV, named after Albert Einstein, was transferred from its production location in Turin, Italy to Bremen, Germany on December 30 for final testing. Shipment of the full ATV – consisting of the cargo section and service module – to French Guiana is expected in the second half of this year, for a launch on Ariane 5 targeted for early 2013.

[Leroy]

Это последний ATV, или будет еще один?

[Salo]

Будет ещё пятый, который возможно назовут Georges Lema

[Salo]

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/SEM0YR0UDSG_0.html

ATV-4: Albert Einstein

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.

With relativity and E=mc2, Albert Einstein is a major icon of 20th century science.

His theories have been stringently tested in space and his work is used to guide spacecraft to other planets – and now he will fly into orbit. ESA has decided to name the fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) after Albert Einstein.

ATVs are an essential contribution by Europe for supplying and maintaining the International Space Station.

The vessels are named after great European scientists and visionaries to highlight Europe's deep roots in science, technology and culture.

Naming ATV-4 after Albert Einstein, as proposed by the Swiss delegation to ESA, reflects this approach.
Einstein's contributions to humanity and, in particular, science overturned our perception of the Universe.

ATV is also strongly linked to Switzerland: its structure is built by Swiss industry.
 
World citizen with roots in Switzerland

Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, in Germany, but studied and spent his early career in Switzerland.

His job at the patent office in Bern gave him time to develop his revolutionary ideas. His annus mirabilis
of 1905 – year of wonder – saw him publish four fundamental scientific papers on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity and the equivalence of matter and energy.

In 1908 he moved to an academic career in Bern and went on to Zurich, Prague, Berlin and, finally, after
emigration to the USA before World War II, Princeton University.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. He died in the USA in 1955 at the age of 76.

Next two ATVs on production line


Pressurised module for Albert Einstein

After launching ATV Johannes Kepler to the Space Station this February, ESA plans to maintain a steady cadence of one vessel per year.

The next, Edoardo Amaldi, is already assembled and is being tested in Bremen, Germany. ATV-3 will be shipped to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in August for dispatch to the Station in February 2012.


Equipped External Bay of the ATV-4

The three main parts of ATV-4 are being built. The Integrated Cargo Carrier, designed to carry water, gas, refuelling propellants and dry cargo, is in Turin, Italy, and will be shipped in December to Bremen.

The Equipped Propulsion Bay, housing the engines and propellant tanks, is built in Bremen.

The Equipped Avionics Bay – ATV's 'brain' – will be mated at end of the year with the propulsion section.

The plan is to launch Albert Einstein to the Station at the beginning of 2013.

Last update: 16 November 2011

[Salo]

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/01/20/atv-3-and-atv-4-mission-logo-available/

[Александр Ч.]

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/06/01/esa-astronaut-luca-parmitano-training-for-atv-4/

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is training this week on ATV docking procedures together with the Expedition 36 commander, Russian astronaut Maksim Surayev. The two are scheduled to fly to the ISS in 2013.

[anik]

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is training this week on ATV docking procedures together with the Expedition 36 commander, Russian astronaut Maksim Surayev. The two are scheduled to fly to the ISS in 2013

Я бы на месте Фёдора Юрчихина обиделся...

[Salo]

Поправили. :wink:

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-feature-story/2012/9-7-2012.asp

Laurent noted that Arianespace's support for the sixth flight currently in preparation involves long-lead activity for an Ariane 5 launch next year to orbit Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Arianespace's Launch Site Operations Manager for this mission, designated VS213, already is in place at the Spaceport, where initial ATV team members have arrived, along with ground support equipment. The ATV itself is now en-route to South America aboard a ship, having departed Europe in late August.

[Salo]

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/09/19/sonja-has-arrived/

Sonja has arrived
Posted on 19 Sep 2012 by Daniel      

A photo sent into by ESA's deputy ATV-4 mission manager, Daniel Guyomard, on 19 September showing a beautiful site: Sonja arriving in Kourou harbour with ATV-4 on board!


Sonja arriving at Kourou harbour with ATV-4 onboard Credit: ESA

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/953.asp

The next Automated Transfer Vehicle for launch by Arianespace lands in French Guiana
September 19, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA213

Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) entrusted to Arianespace for launch on its Ariane 5 workhorse has arrived at the Spaceport in French Guiana, beginning a campaign leading to this large spacecraft's liftoff next year on an International Space Station resupply mission.

The ATV, named after Albert Einstein, arrived aboard a sea-going vessel that docked at Pariacabo Port near the city of Kourou today. The protective shipping containers with major spacecraft components were then unloaded and transferred a short distance by road to the Spaceport – where the ATV will be assembled, tested and integrated with its Ariane 5 for launch in spring 2013.

ATVs serve a vital resupply role for the International Space Station, with a typical mission bringing water, fuel, food and scientific equipment to the crewed orbital facility. The ATV also is used in regularly re-boosting the space station to its operational orbit of approximately 400 km., as well as for carrying out maneuvers to avoid collisions with space debris.

Arianespace orbited the first ATV in March 2008, followed by launches of the two other spacecraft in February 2011 and March 2012.


The protective container with an element of the ATV Albert Einstein makes its way out of Pariacabo Port after arriving from Europe aboard a sea-going ship – which is partly visible in the background, at left.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/956.asp

Processing is underway with the next Automated Transfer Vehicle to be orbited
by Arianespace

September 21, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA213

Initial checkout has begun at the Spaceport for Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which is to be launched fr om French Guiana by Arianespace on a servicing mission to the International Space Station next year.

The activity underway includes verifications of the ATV's Service Module in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation building, wh ere it has been joined by the resupply spacecraft's other major spacecraft element – the Integrated Cargo Carrier.

Incorporated in the Service Module are the ATV's propulsion systems, electrical power, computers, communications and most of its avionics; while the Integrated Cargo Carrier is dedicated to carrying the resupply payload to the International Space Station – with a maximum upload capacity of 6.6 metric tons.

This no. 4 ATV has been named after Albert Einstein, and it is scheduled for a liftoff in the spring of 2013 on Arianespace's workhorse heavy-lift Ariane 5.

Arianespace is responsible for launching the ATVs for Europe, lofting the first in March 2008, followed by the two other in February 2011 and March 2012. The most recently-launched ATV remains at the International Space Station, with its undocking scheduled next week for an atmospheric reentry to complete another successful multi-month resupply mission.

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


The Service Module for ATV Albert Einstein is positioned on its integration rig in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility


while the resupply spacecraft's Integrated Cargo Carrier is prepared for its own entry into the S5 complex (at right).

[ESA Vega]

Possible ATV evolutions? Mini Space Station, Payload Retrieval System,Cargo Ascent and Return Vehicle or Crew Transport Vehicle, Проект PARES (англ. PAyload REtrieval System) and CARV (англ. Cargo Ascent and Return Vehicle) направлен на разработку возвращаемой баллистической капсулы, которая сможет возвратить на Землю несколько тонн грузов. Данные модификации корабля, возможно, были готовы в 2010 году.

[SFN]

Традиционно история и эволюция ATV обсуждается в теме JulesVerne AutoTransfer Vehicle - Европейский аппарат ATV
 (последнее летнее сообщение, что из транспортника можно сделать мусороуборщик)
 тема про второй ATV ATV-2 Johannes Kepler=Ariane 5ES(V200)-17.02.11 00:51:02 ДМВ
 тема про третий ATV ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi=Ariane-5ES (VA-205)- 23.03.12 08:34 ЛМВ
 тема про пятый ATV ATV-5 Georges Lemaitre-Ariane-5ES

тема про ARV ARV
Зачем Европе новый грузовик?
Европа созрела для самостоятельных пилотируемых полетов

[PIN]

ESA Vega пишет:
 Данные модификации корабля, возможно, были готовы в 2010 году.

Ни одной. Не было таких проектов далее бумагописания на ранних фазах (pre-A). 
Единственное, на что есть (хоть и невеликий) шанс - стать кусочком MPCV.

[SFN]

Европа намерена расплатиться за участие в МКС модулем для "Ориона"

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1000.asp

Cargo loading underway with the next ATV resupply spacecraft to be launched by Ariane 5

January 9, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA213

Arianespace's busy Ariane 5 flight schedule in 2013 includes the company's fourth launch of an Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to the International Space Station, with cargo loading of the large resupply spacecraft now underway in French Guiana.

The latest ATV – named after Albert Einstein – is scheduled for a liftoff this spring, following Arianespace's flights that deployed the previous 20-metric-ton-category payloads in March 2012, February 2011 and March 2008.

ATV Albert Einstein's cargo loading began in late 2012, and is continuing this month – with the activity performed in the S5C large preparation hall of the Spaceport's S5 payload processing facility.

The ATV program is part of Europe's contribution to the International Space Station's operation, and is managed by the European Space Agency.  Prime contractor is the Astrium division of EADS, which leads a European industry team.


Team members load the ATV Albert Einstein's Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) in the S5 payload processing facility.  


A head-on view shows one of the cargo bags being positioned for transfer into the ICC.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1010.asp

Payload preparations continue apace for Arianespace's first two Ariane 5 flights of 2013

January 30, 2013 – Ariane Flights VA212, VA213.

Preparations with passengers for Ariane 5's upcoming two flights are advancing in parallel at the Spaceport, underscoring the flexibility of this workhorse vehicle and highlighting the sustained pace of Arianespace's launch activity in 2013.

The Azerspace/Africasat-1a and Amazonas 3 telecommunications satellites for Ariane 5's next liftoff – scheduled February 7 on a mission to geostationary transfer orbit – are undergoing processing at the French Guiana launch site; while separate activity is in progress with the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which is to be placed in low Earth orbit on the following flight – planned in the spring – for servicing of the International Space Station.

These are the first two of Arianespace's six heavy-lift missions planned with Ariane 5 in 2013, designated Flights VA212 and VA213 to signify the 212th and 213th liftoffs of Ariane family vehicles from French Guiana since the European launcher's service entry in 1979.

The Automated Transfer Vehicle for Flight VA213 takes shape

The launch campaign for Arianespace's Flight VA213 has marked a major milestone, as the two major elements of its Automated Transfer Vehicle resupply spacecraft are now integrated in the Spaceport's S5 processing center. The 10.7-meter-tall ATV is composed of an Integrated Cargo Carrier section and the Service Module, enabling it to deliver experiment equipment, spare parts, food, air and water for the International Space Station's crew.

Flight VA213 will be Arianespace's fourth launch of an ATV, supporting a multi-year program managed by the European Space Agency.  Prime contractor for the ATV is Astrium, which heads a European industry team.



Two images from the S5 facility (at right) show the Automated Transfer Vehicle's integration for Flight VA213, with the scale of this 10.3 meter-tall spacecraft highlighted by the presence of ATV program team members.

[Maksim]

Если мне не изменяет память на одном из АТВ собирались устроить пожар перед затоплением. Было такое или нет?

[Salo]

Тут:
http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12666/message926953/#message926953