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European Cargo Ship Launches to Station

The European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from the Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, at 12:34 a.m. EDT Friday, beginning a six-day journey to the International Space Station. The 13-ton "Edoardo Amaldi" spacecraft, named in honour of the 20th-century Italian physicist who is regarded as one of the fathers of European spaceflight, is delivering 7.2 tons of propellant, water and supplies to the six crew members aboard the orbital laboratory.



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Ariane 5 / ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi Launch



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  ATV-3 launch

ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, has been launched from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, with a night-time liftoff at 05:34 CET (04:34 GMT). Edoardo Amaldi is the heaviest payload ever launched by an Ariane rocket.
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ESA and local operations team at Santa Maria station for Ariane 5 launch


Activity at ESA's 5.5m Santa Maria station, Azores, just prior to tracking the overhead pass of Ariane 5 VA205. Lift-off came at 05:34CET, and SMA station picked up telemetry 12 minutes



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The Automated Transfer Vehicle has successfully launched from the Guiana Space Centre at 04:34:05 GMT

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All systems are go for launch



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An Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Europe's giant space freighter, has been cleared for lift-off on Friday from Kourou in French Guiana.
The unmanned craft will ride to orbit on an Ariane rocket to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
It will deliver food, water, air, fuel and spares to help maintain operations on the high-flying astronaut outpost.
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ATV-3 - From construction to launchpad

ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi - Rollout



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