Johannes Kepler in orbit, prior to its rendezvous with the ISS
Mission type
ISS resupply
Operator
European Space Agency
COSPAR ID
2011-007A
SATCAT no.
37368
Mission duration
4 months
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
ATV
Manufacturer
EADS Astrium Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass
20,050 kilograms (44,200 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date
16 February 2011, 21:51 (2011-02-16UTC21:51Z) UTC
Rocket
Ariane 5ES
Launch site
Kourou ELA-3
Contractor
Arianespace
End of mission
Disposal
Deorbited
Decay date
21 June 2011, 20:44 (2011-06-21UTC20:45Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth
Inclination
51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking port
Zvezda Aft
Docking date
February 24,2011, 15:59:19 UTC[1]
Undocking date
June 20,2011, 15:46 UTC[2]
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The Johannes Kepler ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 002 (ATV-002), was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft built to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched on February 16, 2011 by the European Space Agency (ESA).[3]Johannes Kepler carried propellant, air and dry cargo weighing over 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb),[4] and had a total mass of over 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb),[5] making it, at the time, the heaviest payload launched by the ESA.[6] The spacecraft was named after the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler.[7]
Johannes Kepler was the second ATV cargo resupply vehicle to be launched, following the Jules Verne mission of 2008. Johannes Kepler carried around five tons more cargo than Russia's Progress-M resupply spacecraft, and about 1.5 tons more than the Japanese HTV.[8] The ATV used 4,500 kilograms (9,900 lb) of fuel to boost the ISS's altitude from 350 to 400 km.[9]
Many of the supplies aboard the ATV were used for the Space Shuttle mission STS-133 and the ISS Expedition 26.[1] A Reentry Breakup Recorder was placed aboard the ATV before it undocked from the ISS on June 20,2011.[10]Johannes Kepler performed a destructive re-entry as intended on 21 June 2011, with its remains impacting the Pacific Ocean.
^ abNASA Live TV broadcast. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ESA ATV blog. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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^NASA's Consolidated Launch Schedule. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
^Chris Gebhardt (15 February 2011). "Ariane 5 launches ATV-2 for journey to the ISS". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^"Europe's ATV space ferry ready for launch". ESA. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^"Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler". ESA. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^ESA (January 2011). "INFORMATION KIT ATV Johannes Kepler" (PDF). ESA. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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^"Unique Aerospace Invention Ready For Debut". Space Travel.com. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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