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Edoardo Amaldi ATV
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<h2 id="mission-payload">Mission payload</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Cargo</th><th>Mass</th></tr><tr><td>ISSreboost/attitudecontrol propellant</td><td>3,150 kilograms (6,940 lb)</td></tr><tr><td>ISSrefuel propellant</td><td>860 kilograms (1,900 lb)</td></tr><tr><td>Oxygen gas</td><td>100 kilograms (220 lb)</td></tr><tr><td>Water</td><td>285 kilograms (628 lb)</td></tr><tr><td>Dry cargo(food, clothes, equipment)</td><td>2,200 kilograms (4,900 lb)</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>6,595 kilograms (14,539 lb)</td></tr></tbody></table> <i>Source: ESA</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <h3>Amaldi letter</h3> <p>In addition to its primary cargo, the ATV carried a reproduction of a letter written by its namesake, Edoardo Amaldi, in 1958. This document, whose original is of significant historical value, reflects Amaldi's vision of a peaceful and non-military European space organisation – a blueprint for the real-life ESA. </p> <h2 id="mission-summary">Mission summary</h2> <h3>Launch</h3> <p><i>Edoardo Amaldi</i> arrived at the <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Guiana Space Centre</a> in <a href="/facts/Kourou/wvDVpjpJ">Kourou</a>, <a href="/facts/French_Guiana/aFSETEKm">French Guiana</a>, in August 2011 to undergo pre-launch preparations. The spacecraft was mounted on an <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5ES</a> rocket, and was launched on 23 March 2012 by <a href="/facts/Arianespace/qxMUItMm">Arianespace</a> on behalf of the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">European Space Agency</a>. </p> <h3>Docking</h3> <p>The ATV docked with the ISS on 28 March 2012, five days after its launch. In addition to resupplying the <a href="/facts/Expedition_30/zu6h2h7g">Expedition 30</a> astronauts, <i>Edoardo Amaldi</i> used its thrusters to boost the station's altitude.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h3>Deorbit</h3> <p>The ATV was initially planned to undock from the ISS on 25 September 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> However, a command program error during the undocking procedure delayed the release,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> and <i>Edoardo Amaldi</i> did not actually undock until 21:44 <a href="/facts/GMT/JpSIdWsn">GMT</a> on 28 September.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The spacecraft finally deorbited and performed a destructive <a href="/facts/Atmospheric_re-entry/p7TMk9sa">re-entry</a> over the <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a> on 3 October 2012, taking with it a payload of station waste.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="atv-missions">ATV missions</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Designation</th><th>Name</th><th>Launch date</th><th>ISS docking date</th><th>Deorbit date</th><th>Sources</th></tr><tr><td>ATV-1</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Jules_Verne_ATV/C1L0pSEf">Jules Verne</a></i></td><td>9 March 2008</td><td>3 April 2008</td><td>29 September 2008</td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>ATV-2</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Johannes_Kepler_ATV/9toqCXeB">Johannes Kepler</a></i></td><td>16 February 2011</td><td>24 February 2011</td><td>21 July 2011</td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>ATV-3</td><td><i>Edoardo Amaldi</i></td><td>23 March 2012</td><td>28 March 2012</td><td>3 October 2012<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>ATV-4</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein_ATV/04j9K9fa">Albert Einstein</a></i></td><td>5 June 2013</td><td>15 June 2013</td><td>2 November 2013</td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>ATV-5</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Georges_Lema%25C3%25AEtre_ATV/P7yFfDAL">Georges Lemaître</a></i></td><td>29 July 2014<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td>12 August 2014<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td><td>15 February 2015<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td><td><p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><ul><li>view</li><li>talk</li><li>edit</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Spaceflight portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Commercial_Orbital_Transportation_Services/wYMHLjrk">Commercial Orbital Transportation Services</a>, a NASA program to develop uncrewed commercial resupply spacecraft</li> <li><a href="/facts/Uncrewed_spaceflights_to_the_International_Space_Station/XKHgRXEI">Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station</a></li></ul> Similar cargo spacecraft <ul><li><a href="/facts/H-II_Transfer_Vehicle/TM52QWys">H-II Transfer Vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Progress_(spacecraft)/l9GvvKLs">Progress spacecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/SpaceX_Dragon/oduVLMWr">SpaceX Dragon</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edoardo Amaldi (spacecraft). <ul><li><a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/index.html">ESA – ATV</a></li> <li><a href="http://download.esa.int/HSO/ATV/ATV3_factsheet.pdf">ESA – Edoardo Amaldi Fact Sheet (PDF)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bis-space.com/2012/03/29/4140/atv-3-docks-to-the-iss">"ATV-3 docks to the ISS"</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140408220622/http://www.bis-space.com/2012/03/29/4140/atv-3-docks-to-the-iss">Archived</a> 2014-04-08 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a>. BIS-Space.com. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Third ATV named after Edoardo Amaldi". ESA. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMXBCKP6G_index_0.html" target="_blank">http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMXBCKP6G_index_0.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Space station cargo delivery delayed about two weeks". Spaceflight Now. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012. <a href="http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/120302delay/" target="_blank">http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va205/120302delay/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"ATV-4 to carry name Albert Einstein". ESA. 26 May 2011. 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