Arianespace Ariane 5 ES ATV-5 (Georges Lemaitre)
Ariane 5 ES
Status
Success
Date
29 JUL 2014
23:47
Mission Overview
ATV-5 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 15 days in orbit it docked to the ISS on 12th August 2014.
Rocket
Ariane 5 ES
Mission Type
Resupply
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
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.
Height
45.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
746 T
Thrust
11,400 kN
