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First ATV leaves Europe to prepare for launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
06-15-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)ESA PR 24-2007. Time to bid farewell to the most sophisticated spacecraft ever built in Europe. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will leave ESA's ESTEC establishment in the Netherlands in mid-July and be shipped to Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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