ArianespaceAriane 5 ESAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
ATV-1 "Jules Verne"
Launched
March 9, 2008 · 04:03 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - Service Optique
Summary
ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ES from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on March 9, 2008 at 04:03 UTC. It was Arianespace's 176th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,893rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Ariane 5 ES flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Jules Verne, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 261 × 280 km orbit inclined 51.6°. The spacecraft was Jules Verne ATV (ATV-001). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Resupply · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Ariane 5 ES flightArianespace's 176th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,893rd orbital launch attempt8th orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Jules Verne ATV (ATV-001)
The Jules Verne ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 001 (ATV-001), was an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). The ATV was named after the 19th-century French science-fiction author Jules Verne. It was launched on 9 March 2008 on a mission to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo. Jules Verne was the first of five ATVs to be launched.
- Destination: International Space Station
- Mission length: 203 days
- Docked April 3, 2008 at Zvezda aft
The ATV spacecraft burned up as planned upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Jules Verne · NORAD 32686 · 2008-008 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2008-008A
- Epoch
- 2008-03-09 05:35:49 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.03907686 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014591
- Inclination
- 51.6411°
- Ascending node
- 172.8465°
- Arg. of perigee
- 257.6143°
- Mean anomaly
- 102.329°
- 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
- Jules Verne · NORAD 32686 · docked April 3, 2008
Ariane 5 L528 EPS · deorbited March 9, 2008
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ATV-1 is the Automated Transfer Vehicle operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) to resuplly the international space station (ISS) with propellant, water, air and dry cargo. After three weeks of orbit testing it rendezvoused with the ISS on 3rd April 2008.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
37th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 190th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 9, 1:03 AM GMT-3, at night
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
78 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch?
ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launched on March 9, 2008 at 04:03 UTC.
Where can I watch ATV-1 "Jules Verne"?
Coverage: Vol V181 - Ariane 5 ES - decollage takeoff liftoff with ATV. Watch the replay
What rocket launched ATV-1 "Jules Verne"?
Ariane 5 ES, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ES spec sheet
Where did ATV-1 "Jules Verne" launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Mar 9, 1:03 AM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did ATV-1 "Jules Verne" reach?
Jules Verne, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 261 × 280 km orbit inclined 51.6°.
Which program is ATV-1 "Jules Verne" part of?
International Space Station. About International Space Station