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Description: Orbital rendezvous. 1/ Both spacecraft must be in the same orbital plane. Iss flies in a higher orbit (lower speed), ATV flies in a lower orbit and catches up with ISS. 2/At the moment when the ATV and the ISS make an alpha angle (about 2°), the ATV crosses the elliptical orbit to the ISS. https://www.esa.int/Education/Space_In_Bytes/ATV_a_very_special_delivery_-_Lesson_notes
Author: Martin Jediny
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