ArianespaceAriane 5 ESAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004)
Launched
June 5, 2013
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - Service Optique
Summary
Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004) launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ES from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 5, 2013. It was Arianespace's 213th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 5,296th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Ariane 5 ES flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Albert Einstein, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 260 × 274 km orbit inclined 51.6°. The spacecraft was Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Ariane 5 ES flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 213th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 5,296th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004)
The Albert Einstein ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 004 (ATV-004), was a European unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft, named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein. It was built to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo, and also to reboost the station's altitude with its thrusters. It was the fourth and penultimate ATV to be built, following the Edoardo Amaldi, which was launched in March 2012. Albert Einstein's components were constructed in Turin, Italy, and Bremen, Germany, and underwent final assembly and testing in Bremen in 2012. The spacecraft left Bremen for Kourou on 31 August 2012 to begin launch preparations.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 149 days
- Docked June 15, 2013 at Zvezda aft
The ATV spacecraft burned up as planned upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Albert Einstein · NORAD 39175 · 2013-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-027A
- Epoch
- 2013-06-05 23:24:57 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.0530202 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010736
- Inclination
- 51.6248°
- Ascending node
- 167.1846°
- Arg. of perigee
- 277.5839°
- Mean anomaly
- 82.3989°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Albert Einstein · NORAD 39175 · docked June 15, 2013
Ariane 5 L592 EPS · deorbited June 6, 2013
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ATV-4 is the Automated Transfer Vehicle operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) to resupply the international space station (ISS) with propellant, water, air and dry cargo. After 10 days in orbit it docked to the ISS on 15th June 2013.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
69th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 2nd this year · 228th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004) launch?
Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004) launched on June 5, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004)?
Coverage: Flight VA213 – ATV4 Albert Einstein | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004)?
Ariane 5 ES, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ES spec sheet
Where did Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004) launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004) reach?
Albert Einstein, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 260 × 274 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004) part of?
International Space Station. About International Space Station