Arianespace Ariane 5 ES Edoardo Amaldi ATV (ATV-003)
Ariane 5 ES
Status
Success
Date
23 MAR 2012
04:34
Mission Overview
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.
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
