World Europe's ATV-4 Space Freighter to Undock From ISS

Europe's ATV-4 space freighter will undock from the International Space Station ('SS) on Monday and will enter the Earth's atmosphere five days later, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The space freighter, which carried a record amount of cargo among all ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) spacecraft and became the heaviest ever payload carried by an Ariane rocket, will set another record on Monday. It will take the largest ever amount of waste from the orbital station. A series of maneuvers will be carried out in the next five days to position the spacecraft exactly 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) below the station. The reentry procedure is slated to begin around noon GMT on November 2. More

(Source: RIA Novosti - Oct 28)