Overview of the Development of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle

Details Overview of the Development of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle Overview of the Development of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle

Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002iaf..confe.875h&link_type=abstract

IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,

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The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is being developed by the European Space Agency to contribute to the logistics servicing of the International Space Station. The ATV is a 20 ton class space ship, launched by Ariane 5 versatile, performing rendezvous and docking with the Russian segment of the station. It is bringing dry cargo items, fluids, refuel propellant to the ISS as well as a support to the ISS reboost and attitude control. The total net cargo capability of ATV is 9,5 tonnes. The ATV is a complete logistic transportation vehicle that is developed by EADS-Launch Vehicles as the Prime Contractor together with major European industrial partners. The ATV development features some technical challenges, in particular in the field of Navigation, Guidance and Safety vis-à-vis ISS, as well as tight development schedule with a first ATV flight in September 2004. The ATV Preliminary Design Review was successfully concluded in December 2000. ATV "test phase" has started in December 2001 by the delivery of a complete mechanical and thermal model on which environment tests are being performed. An Electrical Model will be delivered in August 2002 for electrical and functional tests of the avionics and software systems. In parallel, the Critical Design Reviews of equipment and subsystems are running in 2002 before ATV Critical Design Review to be held beginning of 2003. The integration of the first flight vehicle ("protoflight" model) has begun in March 2002 with the Avionics bay. The complete vehicle integration is planned for November 2003.

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