Johannes Kepler ATV
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The Johannes Kepler ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 002 (ATV-002), was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft built to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched on February 16, 2011 by the European Space Agency (ESA).[3] Johannes Kepler carried propellant, air and dry cargo weighing over 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb),[4] and had a total mass of over 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb),[5] making it, at the time, the heaviest payload launched by the ESA.[6] The spacecraft was named after the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler.[7]
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | European Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2011-007A |
SATCAT no. | 37368 |
Mission duration | 4 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | ATV |
Manufacturer | EADS Astrium Thales Alenia Space |
Launch mass | 20,050 kilograms (44,200 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 February 2011, 21:51 (2011-02-16UTC21:51Z) UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 5ES |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 21 June 2011, 20:44 (2011-06-21UTC20:45Z) UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
Docking date | February 24,2011, 15:59:19 UTC[1] |
Undocking date | June 20,2011, 15:46 UTC[2] |
Johannes Kepler was the second ATV cargo resupply vehicle to be launched, following the Jules Verne mission of 2008. Johannes Kepler carried around five tons more cargo than Russia's Progress-M resupply spacecraft, and about 1.5 tons more than the Japanese HTV.[8] The ATV used 4,500 kilograms (9,900 lb) of fuel to boost the ISS's altitude from 350 to 400 km.[9]
Many of the supplies aboard the ATV were used for the Space Shuttle mission STS-133 and the ISS Expedition 26.[1] A Reentry Breakup Recorder was placed aboard the ATV before it undocked from the ISS on June 20,2011.[10] Johannes Kepler performed a destructive re-entry as intended on 21 June 2011, with its remains impacting the Pacific Ocean.