ATV-4 Albert Einstein-Ariane-5ES (VA213) - Kourou ELA-3 - 05.06.2013 21:52 UTC

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1043.asp

The fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle is ready to meet up with its Ariane 5

May 8, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA213


ATV Albert Einstein is readied inside the S5 payload preparation facility at Europe's Spaceport for its transfer to the Ariane 5 Final Assembly building.

Fueling has been completed at the Spaceport in French Guiana for Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), readying it for a planned June launch with Arianespace's workhorse Ariane 5 on an International Space Station servicing mission.

The loading of propellant, along with a supply of gas, was performed in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility, where the vessel also was integrated and received its cargo. With this step finalized, the ATV is ready for transfer to the Ariane 5 Final Assembly Building – where it will be installed atop the launcher.

This ATV payload is named after Albert Einstein, and will have a liftoff mass of 20,235 kg. – becoming the heaviest spacecraft ever lofted by Ariane 5. It carries the most diverse cargo mix of any ATV mission so far, consisting of fuel, water, air, oxygen and dry cargo for delivery to the International Space Station. In addition, the ATV will serve to adjust the orbital facility's altitude and make maneuvers to avoid collisions with space debris.

Liftoff of ATV Albert Einstein is scheduled for June 5 from the Spaceport. Arianespace is responsible for launching all ATVs, and has orbited three of them to date: ATV Edoardo Amaldi in 2012, ATV Johannes Kepler in 2011 and ATV Jules Verne in 2008. The Automated Transfer Vehicles are built by an industry team led by Astrium, which also is the industrial prime contractor for Ariane 5.

This upcoming Ariane 5 fight is the second scheduled in 2013, following Arianespace's February 7 success that orbited the Amazonas 3 and Azerspace/Africasat-1a telecommunications platforms from French Guiana.  

In other activity this year, the lightweight Vega member of Arianespace's launcher family conducted its second flight from the Spaceport on a nighttime May 6-7 mission, orbiting three satellites (Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1); while the company's Starsem affiliate launched a medium-lift Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome on February 6 with six Globalstar second-generation satellites.

[Salo]

http://blogs.esa.int/atv/

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1044.asp

ATV Albert Einstein is installed on its Ariane 5 launcher for Arianespace's next heavy-lift mission

May 14, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA213

Arianespace marked one of the final steps in preparations for the next Ariane 5 launch as Europe's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was integrated atop the heavy-lift workhorse at the Spaceport.

This latest ATV – named after German-born physicist Albert Einstein – was lowered by an overhead crane onto its Ariane 5 inside the 90-meter-tall Final Assembly Building in French Guiana.

The payload fairing – which will complete the launcher build up – will be mounted closer to the launch date, allowing for loading of late cargo for the ATV's International Space Station servicing mission. This second Ariane 5 flight of 2013 is scheduled for a June 5 liftoff.

Integration of the ATV Albert Einstein for Ariane Flight VA213 is part of this month's activities on four parallel missions involving Arianespace's complete launcher family at the Spaceport – including the successful orbiting of three passengers by the lightweight Vega vehicle on May 7. Rounding out this month's action in French Guiana are ongoing preparations for the medium-lift Soyuz Flight VS05, scheduled for June to loft four O3b Networks satellites; and Flight VA214, set in the second half of July with an Ariane 5 to carry the Alphasat and Insat-3D satellites.

Flight VA213's ATV Albert Einstein will have a liftoff mass of 20,235 kg. – the heaviest payload ever lofted by any Ariane vehicle. In addition to resupply, the ATV will be used for maneuvering the International Space Station.

Built by an Astrium-led industry team, ATV Albert Einstein will be the fourth such servicing vehicle launched by Arianespace for the European Space Agency.



ATV Albert Einstein is lowered into position for integration with its Ariane 5 launcher inside the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building as preparations near completion for next month's mission.

[Salo]

[Space Alien]

Encapsulation of ATV-4 on 24 May 2013 in Kourou.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=27785.msg1057645#msg1057645

 

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1049.asp

Arianespace's second Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 completes its final assembly with ATV Albert Einstein

May 28, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA213

The Ariane 5 that will carry Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now complete at the Spaceport – marking a key milestone as final preparations continue for Arianespace's planned June 5 mission from French Guiana.

Integration for the second Ariane 5 launcher in 2013 was finished as the latest ATV – named after German-born physicist Albert Einstein – was encapsulated inside the 17-meter tall payload fairing at the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building. This component is designed to protect spacecraft passengers during the heavy-lift launcher's initial ascent through the atmosphere.

Utilizing the Ariane 5 ES version, this mission has a precise scheduled liftoff time June 5 at 6:52:13 p.m. local time in French Guiana from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch complex. The heavy-lift workhorse will inject its ATV payload into a circular orbit at an altitude of 260 km., inclined 51.6 degrees for the spacecraft's International Space Station (ISS) servicing mission.

Following the release from its Ariane 5 vehicle at 1 hour, 3 minutes and 53 seconds after liftoff, ATV Albert Einstein will rendezvous with the International Space Station for up to six months docked at the orbital facility for its resupply duties, as well as re-boosting the ISS to its nominal orbit when necessary.

Designated Flight VA213 in Arianespace's numbering system, this mission represents the 213th launch of an Ariane family vehicle and will be the 69th flight of the heavy-lift Ariane 5. With a mass of more than 20 tons, ATV Albert Einstein will be the heaviest payload ever lofted by an Ariane 5.

Arianespace launched three other ATVs with flights performed in March 2008, February 2011 and March 2012. The European Space Agency oversees the ATV program, with an Astrium-led industry consortium responsible for producing the resupply spacecraft.


In this series of photos, final assembly is completed for Flight VA213 as logos are applied to the Ariane 5's payload fairing in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building,


followed by the fairing's lowering over ATV Albert Einstein.

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/images/launch-kits/launch-kit-pdf-eng/VA213-ATV4-EN.pdf

[Salo]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2013/1051.asp

Ariane 5 is "GO" for its milestone heavy-lift flight to service the International Space Station

June 3, 2013 – Ariane Flight VA213

Arianespace's Ariane 5 mission with its heaviest payload ever has been given the "GO" for liftoff from French Guiana on a June 5 flight to service the International Space Station with Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).

The green light was provided today following the Launch Readiness Review, which verified the status of Ariane 5 and its ATV payload – named after Albert Einstein, along with the Spaceport's infrastructure and the downrange tracking network.

All is now set for Ariane 5's rollout to the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone tomorrow, followed by the final countdown for an evening liftoff on Wednesday.

For its phasing to rendezvous with the International Space Station, the ATV's launch is set at a precise moment on June 5 – which will be at 6:52:11 p.m. local time in French Guiana, based on the latest orbital calculations from the European Space Agency's flight dynamics team.

ATV Albert Einstein is part of Europe's contribution to the International Space Station program, and its liftoff mass of 20,235 kg. marks the heaviest spacecraft ever launched by Europe – carrying the largest dry cargo load to be ferried by any of the Automated Transfer Vehicles.  

Installed aboard the ATV are scientific experiments, water, gases, propellant, spare parts, food and clothing.  Certain elements of its cargo are being delivered on behalf of other international partners involved in the orbital station, and include items for the U.S. NASA and Japanese JAXA space agencies.

Arianespace has launched all three of the ATVs orbited to date, with the previous resupply craft lofted by Ariane 5s in March 2008, February 2011 and March 2012.

The European Space Agency manages the ATV program, with an Astrium-led industry consortium responsible for producing the resupply spacecraft.

[ОАЯ]

В ATV 4 СБ. Развиваемая мощность только одной панелью – 1135 Вт. Напряжение в корабле 28,5 Вольта. Т.о. ток может достигать почти 40 Ампер. Таких панелей четыре.
8 Ампер минимум – пока освещение есть.
Для сравнения в стартере автомашины ток всего в пять раз больше и достигает 200 Ампер и провода толщиной в пятирублевую монету.
 Батарея в ATV 40 А*ч. Это две автомобильные батареи по емкости. Это она обеспечивает работу всей аппаратуры в тени. Ток потребления ATV 12 А. В пике не превышает 30А (в составе МКС).
(Как-то непропорционально: в ATV при таких мощных солнечных батареях всего 40А*ч аккумуляторы.
Рассчитан ли разъем стыковочного узла на передачу сотни ампер в случае аварии?)
http://www.boomslanger.com/images/julesverne.pdf
http://download.esa.int/docs/ATV/ATV2_Info_kit_Jan2011.pdf

[Space Alien]

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va213/130604rollout/

[azeast]

Классные фото! Пейзаж какой-то родной, дальневосточный.

[PIN]

ОАЯ пишет:
Батарея в ATV 40 А*ч.

4 по 40. И это помимо незаряжаемых батарей (4 по 86А).

ОАЯ пишет:
Напряжение в корабле 28,5 Вольта.

Напряжения на борту ATV разные на разных шинах питания. 28.5 вольт - это лишь питание через стыковочный узел от от СМ.

ОАЯ пишет:
ассчитан ли разъем стыковочного узла на передачу сотни ампер в случае аварии?)

Зачем? 50А достаточно для всех возможных потребителей на ATV в пристыкованном состоянии. С запасом.

[Salo]

http://ria.ru/science/20130605/941501828.html

Ракета с европейским грузовиком ATV-4 установлена на старте

11:5305.06.2013 (обновлено: 12:51 05.06.2013)20010
Как ожидается, ATV-4 доставит на МКС более 6,5 тонн груза - в том числе 2,23 тонны топлива, 0,57 тонны воды для российского сегмента станции, кислород, продукты, одежду и другие грузы.


© Фото: ESA–S. Corvaja
 
МОСКВА, 5 июн — РИА Новости. Ракета-носитель Ariane-5 с европейским космическим грузовым кораблем ATV-4 "Альберт Эйнштейн" установлена на стартовой площадке космодрома Куру во Французской Гвиане, запуск его к МКС назначен на 23.52 по центрально-европейскому времени (01.52 мск четверга), говорится в сообщении на сайте Европейского космического агентства (ЕКА).
"Отделение космического грузового корабля от ракеты-носителя запланировано на 2.56 мск. Стыковка ATV-4 с МКС намечена на 15 июня", — сказал РИА Новости представитель ЕКА.


© РИА Новости, Инфографика

Грузовые космические корабли

ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) — автоматический грузовой космический корабль, предназначенный для доставки топлива, научного оборудования, продуктов, воздуха и воды на Международную космическую станцию. Кроме того, с помощью двигателей ATV осуществляется коррекция орбиты МКС. Как ожидается, ATV-4 доставит на МКС более 6,5 тонн груза — в том числе 2,23 тонны топлива, 0,57 тонны воды для российского сегмента станции, кислород, продукты, одежду и другие грузы. Европейский грузовик пробудет в составе МКС до осени текущего года, после чего будет отстыкован и затоплен в несудоходном районе Тихого океана. На МКС "Альберта Эйнштейна" встретит астронавт ЕКА Лука Пармитано, на которого возложены основные функции контроля операций сближения и стыковки.
Руководитель ЕКА Жан-Жак Дорден ранее сообщал, что последний космический европейский грузовой корабль серии ATV будет запущен к МКС в июне 2014 года. Это будет корабль ATV-5, который будет называться Georges Lemaitre ("Жорж Леметр"  ) в честь бельгийского ученого, одного из основоположников теории "большого взрыва". Глава ЕКА сообщил, что производство грузовых кораблей ATV уже остановлено, и ATV-5 станет последним грузовиком этой серии.

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va213/130604rollout/index2.html

Sunset on Ariane 5

 One day before its fiery blastoff en route to the International Space Station, a European Ariane 5 rocket was towed to its launch pad in the Amazon jungle Tuesday.

The 1.7-mile journey from the final assembly building to the Ariane 5's ELA-3 launch zone took about an hour, and workers connected the rocket and its mobile launch table to the pad's electrical and fluid systems later Tuesday.

Liftoff of the 173-foot-tall Ariane 5 rocket and ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle is set for 2152:11 GMT (5:52:11 p.m. EDT; 6:52:11 p.m. local time) Wednesday, hauling more than 14,500 pounds of propellant, food, experiments, water and oxygen to the space station.

These photos from Tuesday evening show dusk falling at the Guiana Space Center.

See our Mission Status Center for the latest news on the launch.

Photo credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
 

[Ded]

SOE пишет:

ОАЯ пишет:
Батарея в ATV 40 А*ч.

4 по 40. И это помимо незаряжаемых батарей (4 по 86А).

ОАЯ пишет:
Напряжение в корабле 28,5 Вольта.

Напряжения на борту ATV разные на разных шинах питания. 28.5 вольт - это лишь питание через стыковочный узел от от СМ.

ОАЯ пишет:
ассчитан ли разъем стыковочного узла на передачу сотни ампер в случае аварии?)

Зачем? 50А достаточно для всех возможных потребителей на ATV в пристыкованном состоянии. С запасом.

А какое напряжение первичной шины?

[PIN]

Ded пишет:
А какое напряжение первичной шины?

Не уверен, что правильно понимаю термин "первичная", но PCDU ATV (их аж 4 идентичных) имеют внутренние шины, от которых раздается питание (через ограничители тока) потребителям:
- нерегулируемая, 36-55 (55.8 - предел для используемых ячеек от SAFT, их 40 в каждой батарее) вольт. Это то, что выдает каждая батарея в зависимости от заряда. На этой шине - нагреватели системы терморегулирования и еще кое-какая мелочь
- регулируемая, 28 вольт. На ней все остальное. Ее запитывает либо сам ATV (нерегулируемая шина), либо шина со стороны МКС (на ней разброс напряжений выше допустимого для ряда потребителей на ATV, поэтому регулятор тоже имеется).

Еще, в пристыкованном состоянии нагреватели перекоммутируются на шину со стороны МКС (номинально 28.5 вольт).

[bavv]

Улетели!


Liftoff for ATV-4


Др. фото

[Lesobaza]

Полетели!!

[bavv]

21:52:11 GMT (5:52:11 p.m. EDT)
H-0. Main engine ignition!

21:52:18 GMT (5:52:18 p.m. EDT)
LIFTOFF! Liftoff of the Ariane 5 rocket with the Albert Einstein spacecraft, Europe's fourth resupply ship for the International Space Station.
...
21:54 GMT (5:54 p.m. EDT)
Plus+2 minutes, 24 seconds. The solid rocket boosters have been jettisoned from the Ariane 5 rocket's core stage. The liquid-fueled Vulcain main engine continues to fire to propel the vehicle and its satellite payload to space.
...
22:56 GMT (6:56 p.m. EDT)
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION. The Automated Transfer Vehicle just deployed from the upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket, completing tonight's launch and the start of the trek to the International Space Station for docking June 15.
...
23:27 GMT (7:27 p.m. EDT)
The solar panels aboard the ATV 4 spacecraft have deployed, and the communications antenna has been extended, according to ESA.
"All good news," says ESA director-general Jean-Jacques Dordain.

[bavv]

[ISS] Processing Highlights of the ATV-4 on an Ariane 5 Rocket _ 2:06



[ISS] Launch of 4th ATV on Ariane 5 Rocket _ 6:22