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Tomorrow [9/5] the ATV cargo ship, with ~900 kg (2,000 lbs) of dry waste and 254 kg (560 pounds) of liquid waste, will undock from the ISS SM aft port. The crew will undergo a slight sleep cycle shift to accommodate the event, viz., wake-up at 3:30 a.m. EDT (instead of 2:00 a.m.) and sleeptime at 7:00 p.m. (instead of 5:30 p.m.). The ATV summary flight plan is as follows (times are Eastern): 3:10 p.m. - ISS mnvr to undocking attitude 5:27 p.m. - ISS Free Drift 5:27:36 p.m. - Sunrise 5:28 p.m. - Undock Command 5:31 p.m. - Phys.Sep/hooks open (spring delta-V≈0.08m/s) 5:32 p.m. - ATV departure mnvr (316 s, delta-V≈4.00 m/s) 5:55 p.m. - ISS mnvr to TEA attitude 6:24 p.m. - Sunset Independent flight until deorbit on 9/29 (Monday): 6:14:39 a.m. - Deorbit Burn #1 (29.80 m/s) 9:12:27 a.m. - Deorbit Burn #2 (70.28 m/s)
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