ESA Ariane 5 VA 213 with ATV-4 on board

Ariane 5 VA 213 during transfer from the BAF (Final Assembly Building) to the launch pad, 4 June, 2013.

ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 5 June, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Liftoff is set for 23:52 CEST (21:52 GMT), and three hours and four minutes later the vessel will separate from the launcher to begin ten days of health checks and orbital manoeuvres, bringing it to an automated docking with the Station on 15 June, 2013.

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Credits: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013