ATV resupply spacecraft,exhibit model. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is an unmanned resupply vehicle used by the European Space Agency to supply the International Space Station (ISS). After being released in orbit it uses its thrusters and lasers to dock with the ISS. It is also used to boost the ISS to reverse orbit degradation. After being loaded with waste,it separates and de-orbits,burning up in Earth's atmosphere. Three ATVs have been launched since March 2008. On 2 April 2012 the ESA announced that the ATV program would end after the fifth ATV is launched in 2014. It is now planned for use with the US Orion spacecraft | |
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