Automated Transfer Vehicle

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Automated Transfer Vehicle

Manufacturer	Airbus Defence and Space
Country of origin	Europe
Operator	European Space Agency
Applications	ISS logistics
Specifications
Launch mass	20,750 kg (45,750 lb)[1]
Dry mass	10,470 kg (23,080 lb) (including 5,150 kg (11,350 lb) Cargo Carrier module)[citation needed]
Crew capacity	0, but human-rated[2]
Volume	Pressurized: 48 m3 (1,700 cu ft)[3]
Power	3.8 kW
Batteries	40 Ah
Equipment	Propellant, water, gases and payloads
Dimensions
Length	10.3 m (34 ft)
Diameter	4.5 m (15 ft)[1]
Solar array span	22.3 m (73 ft)
Capacity
Payload to ISS
Mass	7,667 kg (16,903 lb)[4]
Production
Status	Retired
Launched	5
Maiden launch	9 March 2008 (ATV-1)
Last launch	29 July 2014 (ATV-5)
Related spacecraft
Derivatives	European Service Module
Engine details
Propellant mass	6,500 kg (14,300 lb)[a]
Powered by	4 × R-4D-11
Maximum thrust	490 N (110 lbf)
Specific impulse	270 s (2.6 km/s)
Propellant	MON3 / MMH[6]

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. The ATV design was launched to orbit five times, exclusively by the Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle. It effectively was a larger European counterpart to the Russian Progress cargo spacecraft for carrying upmass to a single destination—the International Space Station (ISS)—but with three times the capacity.

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