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The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is a project conceived and designed to support from the logistic point of view the International Space Station (ISS) Russian Segment (RS). The ATV is constituted by two main sections: the Spacecraft (SC) and the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC). The SC provides all the functions requested during the ATV flight, as for example the propulsion, the navigation control, the electrical power generation, the management of the data. The ICC has the scope to support the docking with the ISS and to transport and deliver the dry and fluid cargoes. The ICC is composed of a habitable Pressurised Module (PM) and a non-pressurised External Module (EM). ALENIA Spazio is responsible for the design and the integration of the ICC and for the Thermal Control System (TCS) of the complete ATV.