Automated Transfer Vehicle

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Automated Transfer Vehicle

Applications	Resupply the International Space Station
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	3,800 W (5.1 hp)
Batteries	40 Ah
Equipment	Propellant, water, air, payload and experiments
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]
Related spacecraft
Derivatives	Orion (Service Module)
Engine details
Powered by	4 R-4D-11
Maximum thrust	490 N (110 lbf)
Specific impulse	270s
Propellant	5,858 kg (12,915 lb) MON-3/MMH propellant in eight 0.8607 m3 (30.40 cu ft) tanks (ATV-001 [5]). NOTE: subsequent missions required about 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) for ISS rendezvous/docking, orbital manoeuvres and deorbiting at the end of the mission. Up to 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) can additionally be carried to reboost the ISS[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.