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| John Doe |
 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:18 am |
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http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMELIK26DF_index_0.html
Jules Verne ATV declared ready for launch
5 March 2008
The successful Launch Readiness Review (LRR) for the inaugural launch of
the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle-V162 was today held at
Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
In the presence of John Ellwood, ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
Project Manager, with the participation of around 60 people from ESA,
Arianespace, CNES, Astrium, RSC-Energia and NASA, the European space
supply vessel for the International Space Station, was declared ready
for launch on 9 March at 05:03 CET (04:03 UTC).
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Looks like they have now runned out of excuses to delay ATV  Wasn't
it supposed to initially launch in 2003 ? |
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