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ATV 3 docking timeline
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Posted: March 28, 2012

NOTE: GMT is +4 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.

Docking March 28, 2012
1826 GMT....S-1/2 hold point. Distance: 24.2 miles (39 km) behind and 3.1 miles (5 km) below space station.

1912 GMT....S1 hold point. Distance: 9.6 miles (15.5 km) behind and 3.1 miles (5 km) below space station.

1959 GMT....S2 hold point arrival. Distance: 2.2 miles (3.5 km) behind space station. The ATV also reaches the same altitude as the space station.

1959 - 2030 GMT....Turn on external lights; KURS activation; begin using relative GPS.

2030 GMT....S2 hold point departure.

2110 GMT....S3 hold point arrival. Distance: 817 feet (249 m) behind space station.

2110 - 2146 GMT....Activate videometer and telegoniometer instruments; ATV-CC GO/NO-GO.

2146 GMT....S3 hold point departure.

2210 GMT....S4 hold point arrival. Distance: 62 feet (19 m) behind space station.

2210 - 2223 GMT....Pointing maneuver; ATV-CC GO/NO-GO.

2223....S4 hold point departure.

2225 GMT....S41 hold point arrival. Distance: 36 feet (11 m) behind space station.

2225 - 2230 GMT....ATV-CC GO/NO-GO.

2230 GMT....S41 hold point departure.

2233 GMT....CAPTURE. Edoardo Amaldi's forward docking cone is captured by the aft port of the station's Zvezda service module.


Data source: ESA

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