Ariane Flight VA 213 - ATV-4 "Albert Einstein" - June 5, 2013

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Poster.

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

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, propulsion and avionics modules, were built by Astrium directly in Bremen.

ATV-4 Albert Einstein will approximately be launched in early 2013 from the space airport in Kourou where the whole spacecraft will be shipped in August 2012.

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So we know the patch of ATV 4.

After the blue for Kepler and the green for Amaldi, the red.

Yellow for ATV 5, the final ATV ?

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ATV-4: Albert Einstein

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

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

Logo.

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The poster is great

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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 Fyodor Yurchikhin. The two are scheduled to fly to the ISS in 2013.

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

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The juicy insides of ATV-4
http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/07/25/the-juicy-insides-of-atv-4/

ATV-4, Albert Einstein, is under construction at the Astrium facility in Bremen, German, and is schedule to be shipped to Kourou, French Guiana, in mid-August for the 15-day voyage across the Atlantic.

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http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/09/05/mn-toucan-en-route-to-kourou/

The fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, departed Bremen harbour last Friday, 31 August, heading to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's smart supply spacecraft will arrive at its next destination around 17 September.

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According to http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/change_log.php, the launch is planned on April 17, 2013.

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The next Automated Transfer Vehicle for launch by Arianespace lands in French Guiana
http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/953.asp

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

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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 from 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, where 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.

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

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield trains for ATV-4

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/10/01/canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-trains-for-atv-4/

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http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2012/10/12/late-cargo-access-dress-rehearsal/

The ATV-4 team finished a dress rehearsal for the new Late Cargo Access Means (LCAM) in Kourou. The new LCAM will allow larger and heavier last-minute cargo to be loaded, 75 kg Triple Cargo Transfer Bags versus the previous capability of 25 kg Double Bags.

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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.

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