The International Space Station with the space shuttle (upper left) and ATV-2 (lower right)

After assisting with attitude changes required for the docking and undocking of two Soyuz and two Progress spacecraft, the Japanese HTV cargo carrier and two space shuttles, the ATV-2 increased the altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) in a number of manoeuvres. In total, the orbit raising manoeuvres increased the orbit altitude by over 50 kilometres.