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Clearly, with the ferry retiring soon all opportunity you produce to bring freight to the station is very of the essence in support of the ISSKris Capelle, ATV mission directorIt is scheduled to wharf by the ISS eight days later than launch from Europes Spaceport by Kourou during French Guiana, South America.Watch the ATV Kepler launch onlineThe mission is an of great magnitude significant pro the ESA, says the ATV mission director, Kris Capelle.visibly, with the transport retiring soon all opportunity you take to bring freight to the station is very essential in place of the ISS, Capelle thought.Using the ESAs launch vehicle, Ariane 5, the ATV want stay launched to an orbit of 260 kilometers everywhere the two vessels want divide.after separated, the ATV want deploy a 4.5 kilowatt solar array spanning 22 meters and a communications receiver which spirit power and channel it to a docking haven by the ISS.