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ESA ATV and ISS
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle - 1. By 1997, ESA had decided to use solar panels to produce additional power for the Automated Transfer Vehicle.
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atvtoiss.jpg
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Credit:
ESA via Marcus Lindroos
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ESA ATV and ISS
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ATV
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atv.jpg
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ESA via Marcus Lindroos
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ATV
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ESA ATV 1993
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle - 1. Cutaway drawing of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (1993). Early studies focused on a modified version of the Ariane-5's L9.7 upper stage -- the "ARIES" concept -- but by 1992 the European Space Agency had decided a custom-built propulsion module (top left) would be more efficient.
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atv93.jpg
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ESA via Marcus Lindroos
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ESA ATV 1993
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ESA ATV DASA
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle - 1. Alternate Automated Transfer Vehicle concept (DASA). The European Space Agency also considered using the Ariane-5/ATV to launch the Columbus laboratory.
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atvdasa3.jpg
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ESA via Marcus Lindroos
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ESA ATV DASA
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ESA ATV 1996
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle - 1. The Automated Transfer Vehicle rendezvous with the International Space Station in this 1996 drawing.
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atv96.jpg
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ESA via Marcus Lindroos
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ESA ATV 1996
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ESA ATV
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle, Early Design. The Automated Transfer Vehicle boosts the International Space Station's orbit.
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reboost.jpg
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ESA via Marcus Lindroos
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ESA ATV
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ESA ATV
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle - 2. Ariane-5/Automated Transfer Vehicle orbit insertion. This illustration shows how the ATV payload fairing is jettisoned shortly before the spacecraft separates from its Ariane-5 booster.
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atvar5.jpg
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ESA ATV
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ESA ATV 1999
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ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle - 2. Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station. This is how the final, operational ATV will look.
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ESA ATV 1999
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