The Automated Transfer Vehicle - 2 or ATV-2, named "Johannes Kepler" is on his way to the International Space Station. The first operational ATV launched some minutes ago on an Ariane 5 rocket at 21:50:55 GMT from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
After an eight-day journey, the spacecraft will rendezvous and dock to the aft port of the station's Zvezda service module.
ATV-2 will remain attached to Zvezda until early June, when it will undock and de-orbit for a destructive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
Sources: ESA, NASA
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