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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.
Serial ATV-004
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Single Use
Landing Time 2013-11-02T00:00:00+0000
Height 45.70 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 11400 kN
Diameter 5.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 21000 kg
Liftoff Mass 746 Tonnes
Launch Success 8
Consecutive Success 8
Maiden Flight 2008-03-09
Launch Failures 0
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.