Not another Progress, ATV is ESA's test for a future manned ISS boosterBBC
By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is an unmanned ship that can carry up to 7.6 tonnes of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
Science reporter
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is an unmanned ship that can carry up to 7.6 tonnes of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
Its other primary role is to push the orbiting outpost higher into the sky to keep it from falling back to Earth.
The ATV will launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 0403 GMT on Sunday.
Its mission will be a huge statement of capability.
The maiden voyage will announce that Europe now has some important new technical competencies to rival the very best in the space exploration business.
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