Kourou welcomes Europe's no. 2 Automated Transfer Vehicle for launch on Ariane 5

Europe?s next Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is being readied for pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport in preparation for its liftoff on an upcoming Ariane 5 mission.

This Automated Transfer Vehicle, which is named after German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, will be the second such large spacecraft orbited by Arianespace for servicing of the International Space Station ? following the Jules Verne ATV launched by an Ariane 5 in March 2008.



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