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

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/883.asp

Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle is integrated on Ariane 5[/size]

February 9, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA205

The third European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for launch by Arianespace was installed atop its Ariane 5 at the Spaceport today, marking one of the final steps in preparations for a March 9 liftoff on a servicing mission to the International Space Station.

Named after Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi, the ATV will carry dry cargo (including food, clothing, experiments and spare parts), along with water, gas and propellant for delivery to the crewed orbital facility.

This latest ATV flight in support of International Space Station operations will utilize an Ariane 5 ES version of Arianespace's heavy-lift workhorse, underscoring the launcher's flexibility in meeting a full range of mission requirements.

The launch of ATV Edoardo Amaldi follows Arianespace missions with Europe's first two Automated Transfer Vehicles, performed in February 2011 and March 2008 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

An industry consortium led by Astrium produces the ATVs in a program managed by the European Space Agency.


ATV Edoardo Amaldi is lowered into position for integration atop the Ariane 5[/size]

[Dude]

глядя на ATV почему-то кажется, что европейцам стоило давать им женские имена.

[X]

Здоровый-то какой, ужасть...

Можно рядом ипонский грузовик и Прогресс для масштаба поставить?

[integrall]

Можно рядом ипонский грузовик и Прогресс для масштаба поставить?

[Старый]

Здоровый-то какой, ужасть...
Можно рядом ипонский грузовик и Прогресс для масштаба поставить?

ТКС нада ставить.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/884.asp

February 24, 2012 – Ariane Flights VA206 & VA205

It will follow Arianespace's upcoming launch of the no. 3 Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for Europe on a servicing mission to the International Space Station, using the workhorse launcher's Ariane 5 ES version.  This ATV – which is named after Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi – is mated to its Ariane 5 in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, where the loading of last-minute cargo has been completed.

Liftoff of Ariane Flight VA205 with the ATV payload is set for the morning of March 9 from the Spaceport's ELA 3 launch complex.[/size]

[Salo]

Блог по ATV:
http://blogs.esa.int/atv/

[Потусторонний]

большой постер 5мБ 6047x3083

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/status.html

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Technicians lowered the Ariane 5 launcher's aerodynamic nose cone atop Europe's next space station resupply freighter Monday, enclosing seven tons of cargo for liftoff from French Guiana scheduled for March 9.

Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle will haul 14,539 pounds of equipment, breathing air, water and propellant to the International Space Station.

Launch is set for approximately 1005 GMT (5:05 a.m. EST) on March 9, or at 7:05 a.m. local time at the Guiana Space Center, a French-run spaceport on the edge of South America's Amazon jungle.

An Ariane 5 rocket will boost the 22-ton spaceship into orbit during a one-hour mission, then the ATV will fine-tune its approach to the space station, eventually docking to the outpost's Russian segment late on March 18, U.S. time.

Monday's encapsulation procedure marked the final time engineers will have access to the ATV spacecraft, which is nicknamed Edoardo Amaldi after the Italian physicist who made groundbreaking discoveries in nuclear and particle physics and later helped foster the precursor to ESA.

"It's the last time we'll see ATV 3 until it appears on the ISS camera screen the day of docking," said Massimo Cislaghi, ATV 3 mission manager.

The Ariane 5 rocket's 5.4-meter, or 17.7-foot, diameter payload fairing was lowered on top of the Edoardo Amaldi spaceship Monday afternoon, according to Cislaghi.

Built by RUAG Space of Zurich, the fairing protects the spacecraft in a controlled environment during the days before liftoff and the launcher's ascent through the lower atmosphere. It is jettisoned in two halves once the rocket reaches a safe altitude, usually more than 60 miles above Earth.

The operation occurred inside the Ariane 5 launcher's final assembly building. The ATV payload was lifted atop the rocket's upper stage Feb. 9.

Workers loaded the spacecraft's pressurized compartment with nearly 1,300 pounds of cargo over two days beginning Feb. 14. The late cargo complement included crew care packages and a pump for the station's urine processing system, which purifies waste water into drinking water for the crew aboard the orbiting lab.

Installing supplies when the ATV is in a vertical position required special techniques and equipment. The late cargo load for this flight was doubled from the second ATV mission in 2011.

The craft's hatch was closed for flight Feb. 16. Since then, technicians have inspected the spacecraft, checked its multi-layer thermal blankets, and removed safety covers and other ground support items.

The rocket will be rolled to the launch pad March 7, Cislaghi said in an interview from French Guiana on Monday.

"Before that, basically on the ATV side, we are always performing health checks and monitoring the health of the spacecraft until launch, including monitoring the environmental parameters," Cislaghi said. "It's kind of a routine activity. Most of the work on the hardware remaining is on the launcher side with the fueling of the various segments of the Ariane 5 launcher."

The Ariane 5 rocket's upper stage will be fueled with storable propellant later this week, and launch readiness reviews are planned March 5 and March 6.

Final arming of the 16-story rocket is scheduled for March 6.

[Александр Ч.]

Говорят надо закрутить 420 болтов (кликабельно)

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/02/28/goodbye-to-atv-3-for-now/

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Last night, Arianespace workers completed installing the Ariane 5 fairings on top of ATV Edoardo Amaldi. Laurent was took part in the operation, which included only one ESA representative (plus one from Astrium–maker of the ATV vessels) as this is a hazardous activity – Ed.
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The final operation was fixing and tightening 420 bolts all around the launcher

I said 'Goodbye' to ATV–until we see it soon on the ISS screens!!

[Lanista]

Где можно посмотреть актуальный список доставляемых грузов?

[Sharicoff]

Уходит вправо: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/Pr_7_2012_p_EN.html

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Запуск грузовика ATV-3 "Эдоардо Амальди" к МКС вновь отложен

МОСКВА, 2 мар - РИА Новости. Запуск европейского космического грузового корабля ATV-3 "Эдоардо Амальди" (Edoardo Amaldi), намеченный на 9 марта, вновь откладывается, сообщает Европейское космическое агентство.

Причиной переноса агентство называет то, что в ходе рутинной проверки была выявлена необходимость дополнительных мер, чтобы убедиться в том, что космический корабль полностью готов к запуску.

Ранее запуск уже переносился с 7 на 9 марта. Срок, на который переносится старт, не называется. Подробности агентство обещает обнародовать позже.

"Новая дата запуска будет объявлена так скоро, как возможно", - говорится в сообщении ЕКА.

Запуск корабля, названного в честь итальянского физика Эдоардо Амальди, планировалось осуществить с космодрома Куру с помощью ракеты-носителя "Ариан-5", стыковка корабля с Международной космической станцией планировалась на 19 марта.

http://ria.ru/science/20120302/584032616.html

[anik]

Запуск отложен на 22-23 марта, стыковка - на 27-28 марта (по данным Рене Пишеля - 28-29 марта). Причина - необходимость перезакрепления груза внутри ATV-3.

[Александр Ч.]

ESA Operations  @esaoperations

Update in #ATV3 blog later this afternoon with a few more details from ESA's Charlotte Beskow bit.ly/freSCM

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Space station cargo delivery delayed about two weeks
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/120302delay/

[Александр Ч.]

New dates expected for ATV-3 launch and docking
 

There should be a formal confirmation early next week, but for now it looks like the new launch and docking dates for ATV-3 are expected to be:
Launch – 23 March 2012 (04:31 GMT)
Docking – 28 March 2012 (22:51 GMT)

As always, these dates and times are subject to change and delay.

[Pol]

http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=677655315

March 03, 2012

Arianespace... Edoardo Egress — Postponed!

Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 for the orbiting of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle...
...is now requiring some additional checks, which is resulting in a postponement for this servicing mission to the International Space Station. This delay was caused due to a routine inspection that concluded additional measures are required to maximize the ATV's launch readiness. A new liftoff date will be provided as soon as possible.

The original launch information stated...

...The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now complete following installation of its payload fairing, marking an important step as final preparations continue for the March 9th mission from French Guiana to service the International Space Station. Integration of the 17-meter-tall launch vehicle component, which is designed to protect the ATV payload during its initial ascent through the atmosphere, was handled this week at the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building. Europe's third ATV is named after Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi, and it will carry dry cargo, water, gas and propellant for delivery to the crewed orbital facility. The mission's total lift performance is some 20,000 kg., including the ATV's mass of more than 19,700 kg.

Using an Ariane 5 ES version, the March 9th mission will lift off from Europe's Spaceport at approximately 7:00 a.m. local time in French Guiana, based on the timing required for its rendezvous with the International Space Station. The precise moment is to be determined during the launch readiness review scheduled three days earlier (March 6). This review—which is held prior to each Arianespace mission—also will clear the way for Ariane 5's rollout to the ELA-3 launch zone on March 7. The Ariane 5's mission with ATV Edoardo Amaldi is to last just over one hour, and it will include two burns of the launch vehicle's EPS storable propellant upper stage, separated by a 42-minute ballistic coast phase. This upcoming flight will follow Arianespace's Ariane 5 launches of ATVs in February 2011 and March 2008.  The ATV program is managed by the European Space Agency, with the spacecraft's production performed by an Astrium-led industry consortium.

In the photo series above, Ariane 5's large payload fairing is lowered into place over Europe's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle – which is integrated on the launcher at the Spaceport in French Guiana. Photos are courtesy of Arianespace.

[Salo]

Официальные представители (ЕКА) сообщили в пятницу, что технический персонал должен снова открыть европейский грузовой корабль Automated Transfer Vehicle для того, чтобы затянуть стропы на грузовых пакетах, что задержит запуск грузового корабля к Международной космической станции на две недели до (приблизительно) 23 марта.

Подробнее: http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/120302delay/

[Александр Ч.]

Из блога:

New dates expected for ATV-3 launch and docking
ATV-CC: ESA and CNES teams at work this weekend
 
I would like to thank all the ATV-CC teams who are working very hard both Friday night and on the weekend. They have again demonstrated a high level of efficiency and dedication to replan the ATV operational timeline and be ready to support the new launch date.

– J-M. Bois, Head, ESA Operations Team, ATV-CC

Since Friday, when it had become clear that ATV-32s hatch would have to be reopened for a physical inspection of the cargo bags, thus delaying lift-off, the joint ESA/CNES mission control team at the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC), Toulouse, have been working intensely to completely replan the mission timeline. This means that each and every individual event in the mission — and there are many thousands — must be rescheduled to take into account the new expected lift-off and docking times.

What's included in the mission timeline? A huge number of critical steps, like switching on-board systems on or off, commanding thruster firings, health checks, fuel and power checks, opening and closing of communication slots, mission control team schedules, docking, undocking and much more. In addition, everything must be double checked to ensure that no activity or step in the timeline interferes with any ot her step — or with operations/activities that are happening in parallel on board the ISS or with other visiting vessels, especially around rendezvous and docking.

For example, ATV mission operations must be tightly coordinated with availability of communication slots provided by NASA's TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellites) communication satellites, which are used by ATV controllers to communicate with the vessel.

On Friday, as the ESA and CNES mission teams were working, ESA's Jean-Michel Bois, head of the ESA Operations Management Team at ATV-CC, sent in this note:
 You are probably aware that the ATV-3 launch will be postponed until a date to to confirmed by Arianespace. The new launch date would be in, roughly, two weeks, with a docking date at the end of March.

As soon as the postponement was announced, the ATV-CC teams started to assess the consequences; we immediately cancelled all reservations for facilities supporting ATV operations based on the previous launch and docking dates [Like NASA TDRS - Ed.].

The ESA and CNES ATV-CC teams are currently working on a new scenario to replan ATV operations and required support. We are contacting our ISS international partners to define the new conditions for docking. The CNES flight dynamics team has started a new run of computations using the new forecast launch time, orbital parameters and definition of the manoeuvres to be performed to reach the ISS. Other ATV-CC teams are also reassessing all the schedules, ground segment availabilities and much more. These activities will continue this weekend at ATV-CC in order to generate a new, consolidated mission timeline on Monday.

By late Friday evening, after discussions between Kourou, Toulouse and Houston, a new forecast for lift-off and docking was in hand, with launch and docking expected on 23 March at 4:31 GMT (5:31 CET) and 28 March at 22:51 GMT (00:51 CET), respectively.

Yesterday, Jean-Michel sent in this update:

All operational activities to prepare for ATV launch and the new mission plan until docking have been replanned. Synchronisation of these activities with our operational partners has been done and the TDRS communication relay satellite reservation requests for new communication slots are on-going, according to the new launch schedule.

I would like to thank all the ATV-CC teams who are working very hard both Friday night and on the weekend. They have again demonstrated a high level of efficiency and dedication to replan the ATV operational timeline and be ready to support the new launch date.

В общем, дата и время без изменений.