You will be able to watch the Launch of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle online tonight from a number of sources.
First, there’s the ESA site. [Windows Media or RealPlayer - French or English commentary] I’ve no idea what the quality of their stream is like yet as the transmission only goes live an hour before launch.
Then there’s Ariane Space who also provide their own stream.
Finally, NASA TV should be carrying the stream although they haven’t updated their schedules to reflect the 24hr delay. You should be able to find my preferred high-quality Yahoo! / Akamai relay here.
I also found this Progress docking approach video via the ESA ATV blog which is nothing short of stunning. It’s speeded-up so you get to see the ISS rotate in your first-person field of view as the Progress resupply vehicle maneuvers around it.
The Jules Verne ATV is scheduled to launch atop it’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle at 04:03 ZULU Sunday (05:03 CET)
Update: ESA have a really good quality stream via Akamai so I recommend using that one.
Photo Credit: ESA / D.Ducros
Tags: ariane, arianespace, atv, esa, esa tv, international space station, iss, jules verne, nasa tv, progress docking video
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