The Automated Transfer Vehicle, originally Ariane Transfer Vehicle or ATV, was an expendable cargo spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), [7] used for space cargo transport in 2008–2015.

Since its first mission in 2008 Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been indispensable to the International Space Station. Every 12 months or so, ATV hauls 7.7 tonnes of cargo from its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana to the Station 340 km above the Earth.

Since its first voyage in April 2008 until its last in 2015, the Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) were part of the supply ships to the Space Station. Approximately every 17 months, ATV carried 6.6 tonnes of cargo to the Station 400 km above Earth.

Jan 14, 2002 · As an unmanned space transport vehicle, the ATV, ESA's most challenging spacecraft project yet, requires a very high level of safety and reliability to automatically perform the critical operations of rendezvous and docking with a huge manned station.

The Jules Verne ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 1 (ATV-1), was a robotic cargo spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). The ATV was named after the 19th-century French science-fiction author Jules Verne. [1]

Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), uncrewed European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft that carried supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2008 to 2014. The first ATV, Jules Verne, named after the French author, was launched on March 9, 2008.

Apr 28, 2008 · The ATV – the most complicated spacecraft ever built, launched and operated by the European Space Agency – will supplement these vehicles, and help to pay ESA’s share of the ISS operating costs.

The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is an unmanned automatic vehicle which is put in orbit by the European Ariane 5 launcher. It provides the International Space Station with: pressurized cargo, water, air, nitrogen, oxygen and attitude control propellant.

The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), represents Europe’s contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. As an uncrewed cargo spacecraft, ATV plays a vital role in delivering supplies, equipment, and experiments to the ISS, as well as facilitating waste disposal and ...

Apr 23, 2015 · On 1 February, media representatives have the unique opportunity of seeing the EarthCARE satellite up close in the cleanroom at Airbus facilities in Friedrichshafen, Germany, before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to California, USA, for a launch scheduled in May.