ISS supply

ATV-3 launched on flight to space station
 
William Harwood - CBS News
 
A powerful Ariane 5 rocket roared to life and blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana, early Friday, boosting an unmanned European Space Agency cargo craft into orbit on a mission to deliver 7.3 tons of critical supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The Arianespace rocket climbed away from its launching pad on the northeast coast of South America at 12:34:05 a.m. EDT (GMT-4), roughly the moment when Earth's rotation carried the launch site into the plane of the space station's orbit. One hour later, a final rocket firing put ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle onto the proper rendezvous trajectory and a few moments after that, ATV-3 was released to fly on its own.
 
European Ariane 5 freighter speeds toward ISS
 
Todd Halvorson - Florida Today
 
A supply-filled European freighter is speeding toward the International Space Station today after a thundering launch from a South American spaceport. Mounted atop a powerful Ariane 5 rocket, Europe’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, or ATV-3, blasted off at Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana, at 12:34 a.m. EDT. A little more than an hour later, the unmanned cargo carrier separated from the upper stage of the rocket, completing the first leg of a voyage to the international outpost.