 Georges Lemaître ATV on approach for docking to the ISS on 12 August 2014 | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | European Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-044A |
| SATCATno. | 40103 |
| Mission duration | 6 months |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | ATV |
| Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space Thales Alenia Space |
| Launch mass | 20,293 kilograms (44,738 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 July 2014, 23:47:38 (2014-07-29UTC23:47:38Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Ariane 5ES |
| Launch site | KourouELA-3 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 15 February 2015, 18:04 (2015-02-15UTC18:05Z) UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 412 kilometres (256 mi)[2] |
| Apogee altitude | 422 kilometres (262 mi)[2] |
| Inclination | 51.65 degrees[2] |
| Period | 92.77 minutes[2] |
| Epoch | 14 December 2014, 02:33:36 UTC[2] |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
| Docking date | 12 August 2014, 13:30 UTC |
| Undocking date | 14 February 2015, 13:42 UTC |
| Time docked | 186 days, 0 hour, 12 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 6,555 kilograms (14,451 lb) |
| Pressurised | 2,622 kilograms (5,781 lb) |
| Fuel | 2,978 kilograms (6,565 lb) |
| Gaseous | 100 kilograms (220 lb) |
| Water | 855 kilograms (1,885 lb) |
 ← ATV-4 | |
TheGeorges Lemaître ATV, orAutomated Transfer Vehicle 5 (ATV-5), was aEuropean uncrewedcargo spacecraft, named after theBelgianastronomerGeorges Lemaître.[3] The spacecraft was launched during the night of 29 July 2014 (23:44 GMT, 20:44 local time, 30 July 01:44 CEST),[4] on a mission to supply theInternational Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo. It was the fifth and final ATV to be built and launched.Georges Lemaître was constructed inTurin,Italy, andBremen,Germany. Cargo loading was completed inGuiana Space Center on 23 July 2014.[5]
Georges Lemaître was launched on anAriane 5ES rocket from theGuiana Space Centre inKourou,French Guiana. The launch was conducted byArianespace on behalf of theEuropean Space Agency.
ArtistKatie Paterson sent artwork to theInternational Space Station aboard ATV-5.[6][7][8]
Georges Lemaître ferried 6.6 tonnes of experiments, spare parts, clothing, food, fuel, air, oxygen and water to the ISS. Included was aHaptics-1joystick which is an advancedforce feedback joystick to be used for physiological experiments on tactile feedback.[5][9]
In addition to transporting cargo ATV-5 performed 2 experiments:
LIRIS (Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors) was a new autonomous rendezvous sensor set that allowed future ships to dock with uncooperative targets, like debris or sample capsules - the ATV used a demonstration version of this advanced sensor system instead of the standard optical sensors bouncing light off the reflectors around ISS docking port.[10]
Break-Up Camera recorded the ATV ininfrared as it disintegrated duringatmospheric reentry above the Pacific Ocean. After completion of recording, a reinforcedSatCom capsule doubling as a prototype "black box" began transmitting the recorded data to one of theIridium satellites through the gap in plasma behind the vehicle.One message was received, which includedaccelerometer,magnetometer and temperature readings. Transmission of the nearly 6000 images, which were apparently successfully recorded, would have involved further messages. It was unclear why but none of these were received.[11]
| Cargo | Mass[12] |
|---|---|
| Dry Cargo | 2,695 kilograms (5,941 lb) |
| Water | 843 kilograms (1,858 lb) |
| Oxygen (2 tanks) & Air (1 tank) | 100 kilograms (220 lb) |
| Propellant | 4,356 kilograms (9,603 lb) (includes 2,118 kilograms (4,669 lb) ISS prop support) |
| Refuelling propellant | 860 kilograms (1,896 lb) |
| Total cargo | 8,854 kilograms (19,520 lb) |
| Total launch mass | 20,235 kilograms (44,611 lb) |
| Designation | Name | Launch date | ISS docking date | Deorbit date | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATV-1 | Jules Verne | 9 March 2008 | 3 April 2008 | 29 September 2008 | |
| ATV-2 | Johannes Kepler | 16 February 2011 | 24 February 2011 | 21 July 2011 | |
| ATV-3 | Edoardo Amaldi | 23 March 2012 | 28 March 2012 | 3 October 2012[15] | |
| ATV-4 | Albert Einstein | 5 June 2013 | 15 June 2013 | 2 November 2013 | |
| ATV-5 | Georges Lemaître | 29 July 2014[19][20] | 12 August 2014[19] | 15 February 2015[20] | |
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