"Edoardo Amaldi" is a European automatic cargo spaceship named after the Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi (1908-1989). This is the third ship in the ATV series, the first ship was the Jules Verne . The construction of the apparatus was in Bremen , Germany .
| Edoardo Amaldi | |
|---|---|
| ATV-003 | |
 ATV "Edoardo Amaldi" before docking with the ISS | |
| Manufacturer |  ESA |
| Operator | |
| Tasks | cargo delivery to the ISS |
| Satellite | Of the earth |
| Launch pad |  Kuru ELA-3 |
| Launch vehicle | Arian 5ES |
| Launch | March 23, 2012 08:31 Moscow time |
| Descent from orbit | October 4, 2012 |
| NSSDC ID | 2012-010A |
| SCN | 38096 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 13 455 kg, (spacecraft - 777) |
| Elements of the orbit | |
| Mood | 51.6 ° |
| Circulation period | 90.2 min |
| Apocenter | 301.1 km |
| Pericenter | 281.5 km |
| Mission logo | |
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| Project site | |
 External video files | |
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| Launch of the ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi (ESA). |
The ATV-3 was launched on March 23, 2012 using the Arian-5ES heavy-class launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center on Kourou . The docking with the Russian service module " Star " was carried out, automatically, on the night of March 29 at 02:31 Moscow time [1] .
Initially, the ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi was supposed to undock on the night of September 26, 2012 at 02:35 Moscow time. Re-undocking of the ATV-3 from the International Space Station will take place on the night of Friday, September 28 [2] .
The undocking of the ATV-3 European cargo spacecraft from the ISS was postponed “due to problems with the control system located in the Russian service module,” the report posted on the website of the European Space Agency (ESA) [3] .
The European cargo spacecraft ATV-3 undocked from the ISS on the second attempt. This time, the undocking took place normally. It is estimated that in about a day, a European truck will be flooded in the South Pacific [4] .
Content
Features
"Edoardo Amaldi" is equipped with high-precision navigation equipment, the flight of the truck is performed in automatic mode [5] .
Payload
An automatic cargo spaceship delivered about 2 tons of dry cargo, 285 kilograms of water and more than 3 tons of fuel to the International Space Station [6] . ATV-3 delivered a special new fluid pumping unit, which is the main component of the American system for processing urine into drinking water.
See also
Cargo spaceships :
- "Progress" - Russian
- Space Shuttle - American (program closed)
- H-II Transfer Vehicle - Japanese.
Notes
- ↑ European truck docked to the ISS , 03/29/2012
- ↑ ATV-3 will try to undock from the ISS on Friday night
- ↑ The reason for the transfer of undocking of the ATV-3 spacecraft from the ISS was named
- ↑ ATV-3 undocked from the ISS on the second attempt
- ↑ The European automatic cargo ship ATV-3 , ITAR-TASS (03.23.2012) was launched from the Kourou spaceport .
- ↑ Cargo on the ISS can be delivered by ATV-3 , thetankmaster.com.