2014 European resupply spaceflight to the ISS
Georges Lemaitre
ATV
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ATV on approach for docking to the ISS on 12 August 2014
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Mission type
| ISS resupply
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Operator
| European Space Agency
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COSPAR ID
| 2014-044A
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SATCAT
no.
| 40103
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Mission duration
| 6 months
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Spacecraft type
| ATV
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Manufacturer
| Airbus Defence and Space
Thales Alenia Space
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Launch mass
| 20,293 kilograms (44,738 lb)
[1]
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Launch date
| 29 July 2014, 23:47:38
(
2014-07-29UTC23:47:38Z
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UTC
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Rocket
| Ariane 5ES
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Launch site
| Kourou
ELA-3
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Contractor
| Arianespace
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Disposal
| Deorbited
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Decay date
| 15 February 2015, 18:04
(
2015-02-15UTC18:05Z
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UTC
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Reference system
| Geocentric
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Regime
| Low Earth
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Perigee altitude
| 412 kilometres (256 mi)
[2]
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Apogee altitude
| 422 kilometres (262 mi)
[2]
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Inclination
| 51.65 degrees
[2]
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Period
| 92.77 minutes
[2]
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Epoch
| 14 December 2014, 02:33:36 UTC
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Docking port
| Zvezda
Aft
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Docking date
| 12 August 2014, 13:30 UTC
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Undocking date
| 14 February 2015, 13:42 UTC
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Time docked
| 186 days, 0 hour, 12 minutes
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Mass
| 6,555 kilograms (14,451 lb)
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Pressurised
| 2,622 kilograms (5,781 lb)
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Fuel
| 2,978 kilograms (6,565 lb)
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Gaseous
| 100 kilograms (220 lb)
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Water
| 855 kilograms (1,885 lb)
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The
Georges Lemaitre
ATV
, or
Automated Transfer Vehicle 5
(
ATV-5
), was a
European
uncrewed
cargo spacecraft
, named after the
Belgian
astronomer
Georges Lemaitre
.
[3]
The spacecraft was launched during the night of 29 July 2014 (23:44 GMT, 20:44 local time, 30 July 01:44 CEST),
[4]
on a mission to supply the
International Space Station
(ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo. It was the fifth and final ATV to be built and launched.
Georges Lemaitre
was constructed in
Turin
,
Italy
, and
Bremen
,
Germany
. Cargo loading was completed in
Guiana Space Center
on 23 July 2014.
[5]
Georges Lemaitre
was launched on an
Ariane 5ES
rocket from the
Guiana Space Centre
in
Kourou
,
French Guiana
. The launch was conducted by
Arianespace
on behalf of the
European Space Agency
.
Artist
Katie Paterson
sent artwork to the
International Space Station
aboard ATV-5.
[6]
[7]
[8]
Mission payload
[
edit
]
Georges Lemaitre
ferried 6.6 tonnes of experiments, spare parts, clothing, food, fuel, air, oxygen and water to the ISS. Included was a
Haptics-1
joystick
which is an advanced
force feedback
joystick to be used for physiological experiments on tactile feedback.
[5]
[9]
In addition to transporting cargo ATV-5 performed 2 experiments:
LIRIS
(Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors) was a new autonomous rendezvous sensor set that allowed future ships to dock with uncooperative targets, like debris or sample capsules - the ATV used a demonstration version of this advanced sensor system instead of the standard optical sensors bouncing light off the reflectors around ISS docking port.
[10]
Break-Up Camera
recorded the ATV in
infrared
as it disintegrated during
atmospheric reentry
above the Pacific Ocean. After completion of recording, a reinforced
SatCom
capsule doubling as a prototype "
black box
" began transmitting the recorded data to one of the
Iridium satellites
through the gap in plasma behind the vehicle.
One message was received, which included
accelerometer
,
magnetometer
and temperature readings. Transmission of the nearly 6000 images, which were apparently successfully recorded, would have involved further messages. It was unclear why but none of these were received.
[11]
Cargo
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Mass
[12]
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Dry Cargo
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2,695 kilograms (5,941 lb)
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Water
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843 kilograms (1,858 lb)
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Oxygen (2 tanks) & Air (1 tank)
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100 kilograms (220 lb)
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Propellant
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4,356 kilograms (9,603 lb) (includes 2,118 kilograms (4,669 lb) ISS prop support)
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Refuelling propellant
|
860 kilograms (1,896 lb)
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Total cargo
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8,854 kilograms (19,520 lb)
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Total launch mass
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20,235 kilograms (44,611 lb)
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BugSat 1
,
Deimos-2
,
Hodoyoshi 3
,
Hodoyoshi 4
,
KazEOSat 2
,
Perseus-M1
,
Perseus-M2
,
SaudiSat-4
,
TabletSat-Aurora
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UniSat-6
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Lemur-1
,
Tigrisat
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Flock-1c
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CanX-4
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Crewed flights
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