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MOM L-7

EUROCKOT's MOM Daily No. 16

Cosmodrome Plesetsk, June 23 (L-7):

The launch campaign slowly comes to its end. Today we had to say
goodbye to the upper stage and the spacecraft in the MIK as the
roll-out of the Upper Composite to the pad and the lifting operations
into the seventh level of the service tower were performed today.
Everything went extremely smooth and fully compliant with the
schedule.

On the first picture (Fig. 1) you can see the Upper Composite on its
railcar close to the air-conditioning railcar providing air with the
correct temperature, humidity and cleanliness during the complete
ride to the pad. (Fig. 2) shows the train coming out of the Eurockot
integration and office facility (MIK).

After arrival of the train at the pad, the Upper Composite is brought
on rails directly into the service tower, from where it is lifted by
a crane. As this is certainly a hazardous operation because of the
fuelled upper stage, everybody is provided with personal protection
equipment, see below. 

During the next days the launch vehicle (LV) integration has to be
completed with mechanical, electrical and fluid connection mating, as
well as thorough check-outs before the LV can be fuelled.

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