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Information PACKAGE ATV-CC INFORMATION PACKAGE The European cargo control centre Albert Einstein ATV-4 mission © CNES/S.Girard - NASA p. 4 1. Albert Einstein, the 4th European cargo vessel A record-breaking vessel The ATV-4 cargo ontents Declic on board the ATV-4 C 2. A control centre at the heart of operations p. 8 The control centres ARTEMIS and TDRS, essential relay satellites for the ATV Coordinating ground support facilities p. 12 3. Analysing the mission Space mechanics: CNES expertise Maintenance operations in eclipse p. 16 4. Control centre organisation p. 18 5. The operations carried out at the ATV-CC The different phases - From launch to injection - Phasing - Rendezvous - A Station module - Propulsion system - Controlled re-entry into the atmosphere p. 20 6. The ATAC: a training academy at the ATV-CC A specific training programme A day at the ATAC p. 22 7. The wealth of ATV experience p. 24 8. After the ATV... Legacy data to be protected The Orion service module, derived from the ATV p. 27 CNES, the French space agency p. 28 Contacts Information package Information package ATV-4 2 ATV-4 3 Albert Einstein, the 4th European cargo vessel Albert Einstein is the fourth in the five-vessel Automated Transfer Vehicle 1 (ATV) series of European space freigh- ters. It is also the heaviest spacecraft ever lofted into space by an Ariane launcher. It will take off on board an Ariane 5 ES, and de- liver over 2,500 kg of dry cargo to the Interna- tional Space Station. It will also haul fuel, water and oxygen into space, as well as carrying its own fuel to reboost the Station’s orbit. The total mass of the Albert Einstein ATV with all its cargo is 20,193 kg. In terms of weight, it beats the previous Ariane launch record by over 500 kg set in 2012 by its predecessor, the Edoardo Amaldi ATV. The ATV is among the most complex vehicles developed by the ESA, due to the fact that it must automatically rendezvous with the ISS, and also due to its exceptional size and the severe safety constraints involved in manned flights. On 16 December 1998, the ESA Council de- cided to assign the development and opera- tions of the Control Centre for this spacecraft to CNES, because of its competence in the field of manned flights and satellite operations. This ATV-CC (ATV Control Centre) was set up at CSG/JM Guillon, 2013. © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo the Toulouse Space Centre. Interfacing with The ATV-4 at the Guiana Space Centre the control centres in Moscow and Houston, on 7 May 2013, before its integration it is responsible for conducting operations and with Ariane 5 ES. coordinating the necessary ground support facilities for the ATV operations. The provision of the 5 ATVs capable of carrying To date, the ATV-CC has conducted operations cargo to the ISS, reboosting its orbit and then, for 3 ATV spacecraft: «Jules Verne» in 2008, at the end of the mission, retrieving waste from «Johannes Kepler» in 2011 and « Edoardo the ISS for disposal, is part of ESA’s contribu- th The ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi » in 2012. «Albert Einstein», the 4 tion to the operating costs of the International Amaldi approaching the model, is due to be launched in 2013, and the Space Station. International Space Station, just before docking on 29 5th, «Jacques Lemaître», will meet up with the March 2012. Station in 2014. © NASA/, 2012 © NASA/, 2012 Information package Information package ATV-4 4 ATV-4 5 During the launch campaign at the Guiana Space Centre. The ATV-4 in brief Declic on board the ATV-4 Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana Amongst the cargo that the Albert Einstein Launcher: Ariane 5 ES ATV must deliver to the International Space Diameter of ATV-4: 4.5 m Length: 9.8 m Station is an insert for the Declic fluid phy- Total mass of vehicle: 20,193 kg sics mini-laboratory, developed by CNES as Size of solar panels deployed: 22.3 m part of a cooperative agreement with NASA. During the launch campaign at the Guiana This HTI insert (High Temperature Insert) Taken on 19 October 2010 Space Centre. CSG/G Barbaste, 2013 © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo by the Declic instrument was initially intended for studying the pro- on board the ISS, this picture shows the state perties of pure supercritical water. Brought of water at a temperature of 99 thousandths of a back to the ground as part of the cooperative degree below the critical agreement for the joint use of the Declic ins- temperature. trument, this insert was modified by the © CNES/, 2010 © CNES/, 2010 CNES to achieve a new scientific objective: the study of supercritical salt water. This There are a variety of applications for the new experiment duplicates the conditions Declic fluid physics mini-laboratory. It is a encountered on oceanic ridges. In return for case of gaining a better understanding of the this readjustment, NASA has made available solidification of materials, as well as amas- to CNES the mass resources ascending in sing the necessary basic knowledge for de- the ATV which are available to it through the veloping organic waste recycling systems. ISS operating agreement concluded between the American space agency and ESA. © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG/P Baudon, 2013 Baudon, 2013 CSG/P © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG/JM Guillon, 2013 CSG/JM Guillon, 2013 © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo The ATV-4 cargo LIQUID CARGO TOTAL CARGO 4 104 kg 6 589 kg Fuel • 2,235 kg required by the ATV-4 • 2580 kg for the Station’s propulsion DRY CARGO operations (reboosting, higher orbit) 2 485 kg • 860 kg for the International Space Station’s tanks. Dry freight 2,485 kg 570 kg of water for the crew (food, scientific experiments, clothing, etc.) 100 kg of air and oxygen © CNES/Frédéric MALIGNE,2012 Weighing 20,193 kg, the Albert Einstein ATV beats the previous Ariane launch Installed on board the ISS, the Declic fluid physics mini-laboratory is operated from the Toulouse Space Centre. record by over 500 kg set in 2012 by its predecessor, the Edoardo Amaldi ATV. © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG/P Baudon, 2013 Baudon, 2013 CSG/P © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo Information package Information package ATV-4 6 ATV-4 7 A control centre at the heart of operations The ATV-CC, located may be replaced by an emergency centre situa- in Toulouse ted in Huntsville, Alabama. 2 The ATV-CC is in charge of conducting the The Moscow mission control ATV operations and coordinating the neces- centre (MCC-M) sary ground support facilities. Specifically developed for the ATV operations, the nomi- This operates the Russian service module to nal control centre, as well as the emergency which the ATV will be docking, and is therefore centre and a test platform, conduct the ATV the main contact point during ATV operations. It mission operations. also handles the Station’s reboosting phases. The Houston mission control On board the ISS, the crew prepares the station centre (MCC-H) for receiving the transfer vehicle, oversees the rendezvous and the docking operations (inter- This operates the American part of the Interna- venes if necessary to stop them or cancel the tional Space Station. It is the supreme autho- approach), and finally transfers the ATV cargo rity for all operations linked to the ISS. If need into the station, and the station waste into the be, for example in the case of a hurricane, it ATV on its return. André Kuipers and Oleg Kononenko oversee the approach and the docking of the Edoardo Amaldi ATV-3 in the Zvezda module. The Control Centre installed in the Toulouse Space Centre was specially developed for the ATV. © CNES/Sébastien GIRARD, 2013 © NASA/, 2012 Information package Information package ATV-4 8 ATV-4 9 ARTEMIS and TDRS, In case of a major breakdown on board, an essential relay satellites emergency system, based at three ground for the ATV stations, would provide the minimum com- munication necessary to stop the mission under normal conditions. In theory, the ATV does not transmit any data directly to Earth. The relay satellites ARTEMIS and TDRS are the sole links Top left, the control between the ATV and its control centre. The centre for the American part of the Internatio- ability to relay data from one satellite to ano- nal Space Station in Houston; on the right ther satellite, situated in geostationary orbit, the Tsoup control centre frees up a lot of ground stations. CENTER © NASA/JOHNSON SPACE © RKK in Moscow. Bottom left, the Redu centre in Belgium; on the right the Jupiter Room at the Guiana Space Centre. Artemis (on the left) and TDRS (on the right). © ESA - D. Galardin © ESA CSG/JM Guillon © CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo © ESA/J.Huart © Boeing Coordinating ground support facilities ISS ATV Locating The ATV-CC is part of an international - The Guiana Space Centre (Kourou), ground segment which involves many launch site for the Ariane launcher which GPS partners: is carrying the ATV on board. ISS data - NASA with the Houston control centre which implements the American ground TDRS support facility (in particular the TDRS As well as the usual activities of maintai- ning the various control centre tools in TDRS tracking systems), operating condition (tracking and steering Artemis - The Russian space agency with the the cargo vehicle, calculating manoeuvres Telemetry and remote control Tsoup control centre (Moscow), and trajectories, flight plan management), - ESA with the European network control one of the ATV-CC’s tasks is to ensure centre at DLR in Germany and the consistency in the entire ground support ARTEMIS satellite piloted from Belgium system (basically reservation of resources in Redu.
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