<<CTV-01 , 01 November 2010>>
LIFTOFF.
The first vehicle of the CTV serie blasted off aboard an Ariane 5 from Kourou this morning (local time).
CTV-01 is unmanned.
It is the 1st of 2 unmanned flight that will test deeply all the systems.
Mission duration is 2 days, and will end with reentry and recovery of the capsule.
CTV-03 will carry 4 astronauts in orbit.
Manned science flights will be CTV-03, 04 and 05, and will end with CTV-06, the first operational flight to Celestia Space Station, scheduled for 08 September 2011.
The orbit of CTV-01 is now 50 km higher than CSS-STS27 complex and is on a different plane so that any danger is avoided.
<<CTV-01 , 03 November 2010>>
After 2 days of successfull systems checks, the unmanned reentry capsule of CTV-01 reentered Earth atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic ocean, not far from Spanish coastline.
The path to the first manned flight is now paved.
LIFTOFF.
The first vehicle of the CTV serie blasted off aboard an Ariane 5 from Kourou this morning (local time).
CTV-01 is unmanned.
It is the 1st of 2 unmanned flight that will test deeply all the systems.
Mission duration is 2 days, and will end with reentry and recovery of the capsule.
CTV-03 will carry 4 astronauts in orbit.
Manned science flights will be CTV-03, 04 and 05, and will end with CTV-06, the first operational flight to Celestia Space Station, scheduled for 08 September 2011.
The orbit of CTV-01 is now 50 km higher than CSS-STS27 complex and is on a different plane so that any danger is avoided.
<<CTV-01 , 03 November 2010>>
After 2 days of successfull systems checks, the unmanned reentry capsule of CTV-01 reentered Earth atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic ocean, not far from Spanish coastline.
The path to the first manned flight is now paved.
