Editing Automated Transfer Vehicle (section)

== ATV Control Centre ==

ATV missions were monitored and controlled from the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC), located at the [[Toulouse Space Centre]] (CST) in [[Toulouse]], France. The ATV-CC was responsible for the planning and the issuing of commands for the orbital maneuvers and mission tasks of each ATV, from the moment of separation from its launch vehicle, until it burns up in the Earth's atmosphere. The ATV-CC has a direct communication line with the [[Columbus Control Center]] (Col-CC) in [[Oberpfaffenhofen]], Germany. Col-CC provides ATV-CC with access to both the NASA's [[Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System]] and the European [[Artemis (satellite)|Artemis]] communication networks in order to communicate with both the ATV and the ISS. The ATV-CC coordinated its actions with NASA's [[Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center]] (MCC-H) in [[Houston]] and the Russian [[FKA Mission Control Center]] (TsUP or MCC-M) in [[Moscow]], as well as the ATV launch site at the [[Guiana Space Centre]] in [[Kourou]], French Guiana.<ref name="ATV-CC">{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ATV/SEMHM0PR4CF_0.html|title=ATV Control Centre|publisher=[[European Space Agency]]|access-date=3 April 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080317183214/http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ATV/SEMHM0PR4CF_0.html| archive-date= 17 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>