ATV-2 mission

ATV-1 ‘Jules Verne’ and ATV-2 ‘Johannes Kepler’ are virtually identical in design. The Jules Verne mission was a huge success and the main challenge for the ATV-2 has been to move into the industrial production phase.ATV-1 ‘Jules Verne’ and ATV-2 ‘Johannes Kepler’ are virtually identical in design. The Jules Verne mission was a huge success and the main challenge for the ATV-2 has been to move into the industrial production phase. The lessons learned from the first flight have allowed us to make a number of improvements to the ATV-2. These include more cargo-carrying capacity (+ 25%) thanks to new storage racks, more robust communications between the ATV and the ground, and a number of modifications to the flight software in response requests from the ATV Control Centre... The ATV-2 played its freighter role in full, by supplying more than seven tonnes of cargo (as opposed to 4.6 tonnes in the ATV-1) plus fuel for station orbit re-boost manoeuvres.Find out more! A special <a href="http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/dossiers/atv-johannes-kepler.html">dossier</a>full of informative articles and videos has been created about the ATV ‘Johannes Kepler’.

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