Editing Automated Transfer Vehicle (section)

=== ''Johannes Kepler'' ===
{{Main|Johannes Kepler ATV}}

Launched on 17 February 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v200/110217launch/index.html|title=Europe dispatches Johannes Kepler to space station|date=17 February 2011|access-date=20 March 2011|author=Stephen Clark|publisher=Spaceflight Now}}</ref> Johannes Kepler was at the time the heaviest payload ever launched by the European Space Agency<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM5ZFY1LJG_index_0.html | title=Europe's ATV space ferry ready for launch | date=3 February 2011 | publisher=ESA | access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref> and carried 7000&nbsp;kg of cargo to the ISS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/ariane-mission-launch-atv-2-space-station/|title=Ariane 5 launches ATV-2 for journey to the ISS|author=Chris Gebhardt|publisher=NASAspaceflight.com|date=15 February 2011|access-date=20 March 2011}}</ref> The first launch attempt on 15 February 2011 had been halted during the final countdown at four minutes from lift off due to an erroneous signal from one of the rocket's fuel tanks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universetoday.com/83331/atv-johannes-kepler-launch-to-space-station-delayed-to-wednesday/ |title=ATV 'Johannes Kepler' Launch to Space Station Delayed to Wednesday |publisher=Universetoday.com |date=15 February 2011 |access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref>

On 29 April 2011, the engines of the ATV were used to rotate the ISS in order for a Russian [[Progress (spacecraft)|Progress]] supply craft to dock with the station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2011/04/29/atv-rotates-the-iss-for-progress-docking/|title=ATV rotates the ISS for Progress docking|date=29 April 2011|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>

Due to the delayed launch of [[STS-134]] the mission of ''Johannes Kepler'' was extended, and it undocked from the ISS on 20 June 2011. It deorbited a day later on 21 June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.esa.int/atv/2011/04/15/atv-undocking-set-for-20-june/|title=ATV undocking set for 20 June|date=15 April 2011|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>