ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle
The Automated Transfer Vehicle was an ESA uncrewed cargo-spacecraft family for the International Space Station. ATVs autonomously docked with the Russian segment, delivered pressurized cargo, water, gases, and propellant, reboosted the station, and carried waste into destructive reentry.
Identity
- Aliases
- Automated Transfer VehicleATVEuropean cargo spacecraft
- Family Name
- ATV
- Full Name
- ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- esa-automated-transfer-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Automated Transfer Vehicle was an ESA uncrewed cargo-spacecraft family for the International Space Station. ATVs autonomously docked with the Russian segment, delivered pressurized cargo, water, gases, and propellant, reboosted the station, and carried waste into destructive reentry.
- Diameter M
- 4.48
- Engines
- Count
- 4
- Name
- 490 N main thruster
- First Flight Year
- 2,008
- Height M
- 10.77
- Last Flight Year
- 2,014
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 20,050
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7a5kbtcw3gdjc5x4s2hby8r17kq475
- Operator Id
- vh76e0gh65et98bds1b49cvt8h89n8e5
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 9:50:50 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 9:50:50 AM