Automated Transfer Vehicle

Also known as ATV, ATV Control Centre, ATV-CC

ESA's supply ship to the International Space Station

Key facts

Manufacturer: Airbus Defence and Space
Country of origin: Europe
Operator: European Space Agency
Applications: ISS logistics
Launch mass: 20,750 kg (45,750 lb)
Dry mass: 10,470 kg (23,080 lb) (including 5,150 kg (11,350 lb) Cargo Carrier module)
Crew capacity: 0, but human-rated
Volume: Pressurized : 48 m (1,700 cu ft)
Power: 3.8 kW
Batteries: 40 Ah
Equipment: Propellant, water, gases and payloads
Length: 10.3 m (34 ft)

Article

The Automated Transfer Vehicle, originally Ariane Transfer Vehicle or ATV, was an expendable cargo spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), used for space cargo transport in 2008–2015. The ATV design was launched to orbit five times, exclusively by the Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle. It effectively was a larger European counterpart to the Russian Progress cargo spacecraft for carrying upmass to a single destination—the International Space Station (ISS)—but with three times the capacity.

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