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Assessment of ESA's ATV mission readiness results in a new launch window
06-14-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is ready for launch and will be shipped to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in mid-July for a launch campaign that will last several months.
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