The European cargo spacecraft, which separated from the International Space Station a few weeks ago, will end its life today over the Pacific Ocean
Today, Monday, September 29, at 16:30 Israel time, the Jules Verne spacecraft of the European Space Agency, which brought supplies to the International Space Station, will launch in a controlled destruction at the entrance to the atmosphere. The event will take place in an uninhabited area above the Pacific Ocean.
The European Space Agency's Jules Verne Autonomous Transport Vehicle (ATV), the first in a series of such vehicles, left the space station on September 5, completing a successful mission to deliver supplies to the station. Jules Verne's engines will use their remaining fuel in two separate accelerations designed to lower its orbit from the standby orbit it has been in for the past three weeks. The launch will launch the spacecraft, which weighs 3.5 tons in a steep fall when it is over the target area.
The event will take place when night will prevail in this area, and thus it will be possible for two planes to be flown by scientists and engineers from NASA and the European Space Agency, so that they can take pictures and make spectrometric observations. In addition, the space station crew may be in an observation position of the ATV's entry into the atmosphere using a Russian spectrometric imaging instrument in the ultraviolet field known as FIALKA.
Jules Verne's return to the atmosphere will be monitored from the ATV control center in Toulouse, France.
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Does anyone have an idea why they didn't leave the module connected to the station? After all, this is a huge accommodation area, isn't it a shame to give it up just like that?
with gratitude
A. thrifty