ATV-5 mission scenario

ATV-5 mission scenario.
Graphic showing all the steps in the Automated Transfer Vehicle mission scenario - starting with the launch from Kourou, in French Guiana, and ending with the destructive re-entry in the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

ESA’s fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle, Georges Lemaître, launch is set for this summer on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. It will deliver more than 2600 kg of dry cargo to the International Space Station.