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ATV 4 docking timeline
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: June 14, 2013

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

Docking June 15, 2013
0938 GMT....S-1/2 hold point. Distance: 24.2 miles (39 km) behind and 3.1 miles (5 km) below space station.

1024 GMT....S1 hold point. Distance: 9.6 miles (15.5 km) behind and 3.1 miles (5 km) below space station.

1111 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.

1111 - 1142 GMT....Turn on external lights; KURS activation; begin using relative GPS.

1142 GMT....S2 hold point departure.

1222 GMT....S3 hold point arrival. Distance: 817 feet (249 m) behind space station.

1222 - 1258 GMT....Activate videometer and telegoniometer instruments; ATV-CC GO/NO-GO.

1258 GMT....S3 hold point departure.

1322 GMT....S4 hold point arrival. Distance: 62 feet (19 m) behind space station.

1322 - 1335 GMT....Pointing maneuver; ATV-CC GO/NO-GO.

1335 GMT....S4 hold point departure.

1337 GMT....S41 hold point arrival. Distance: 36 feet (11 m) behind space station.

1337 - 1342 GMT....ATV-CC GO/NO-GO.

1342 GMT....S41 hold point departure.

1346 GMT....CAPTURE. Albert Einstein's forward docking cone is captured by the aft port of the station's Zvezda service module.


Data source: ESA

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