Success
Edoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003)
Resupply
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialAriane 5 ES
LEOorbit
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.
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 4:34 AM
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Mission details
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Nov 20, 1998 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#5,200
ASA Mission
#202
Pad Launch
#61
Location Launch
#217
Designator
2012-010
Launch Window
NET
Mar 23, 2012, 4:34 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Ariane 5 ES Specs
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.
Length
45.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
746 t
Thrust
11,400 kN
LEO Capacity
21,000 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2008
Fastest Turnaround
7mo 14d
Total Launches
8
Successful
8
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
8
Maiden flight: Mar 9, 2008
Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Mar 23, 2012, 1:34 AM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903