ATV-3 space freighter sunk in Pacific
12:39, 3 October 2012
MOSCOW. October 3. KAZINFORM The European Space Agency's ATV-3 cargo resupply spacecraft has been successfully de-orbited and sunk in the Pacific, Russia's Mission Control Center said on Wednesday.
ATV-3, or Edoardo Amaldi Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 29 after a previously unsuccessful attempt earlier last week.
ATV-3 remained docked with the Zvezda service module on the Russian segment of the orbital station after an initial attempt to undock a week ago was called off due to a command error in the communications link between the ISS and the space freighter.
ATV-3 docked with the ISS on March 28 , five days after it lifted off from the European launch center in Kourou, French Guiana. The freighter delivered some seven metric tons of supplies, including scientific equipment.
Source: RAI Novosti