LIFTOFF! Europe's First ISS Cargo Ship Launches Spaceward

[leinad (Dan)]

Jules Verne Cargo Ship's Flight Going Well
08 March 2008 11:50 p.m. EST

The inaugural flight of Europe's Jules Verne spacecraft is going well as the upper stage of its Ariane 5 booster prepares to reignite for its second and final burn. That engine burn is slated to begin at 12:05 a.m. EST (0505 GMT). Tonight's maiden launch of Jules Verne occurred on time at 11:03 p.m. EST (0403 March 9 GMT).

http://www.space.com/ISS/

On Nasa TV now...

[Gargoyle_Steve (Steve)]

You can get details of visible passes at your location as usual over on Heavens-above:

http://www.heavens-above.com


"ATV Jules Verne Launched
Europes unmanned space tranporter Jules Verne has been successfully launched.
Please use the link below for visibility predictions."

Note : They refer to it as ATV for short.