The journey to Baikonur
The people
The town
Monuments and Murals
The cosmonauts garden
Out of town
The road to the Cosmodrome
The Energia launch site
The Gagarin museum
The Metop-A launch campaign
To Baikonur with the Antonov
Arrival of the third Antonov
Metop-A removed from container
Metop-A soon ready
Fueling
J-17 Integration on the launcher adaptor
J-12 Fregat Integration
J-10 Tilting
J-9 Encapsulation
J-7 MetOp-A on the train
J-6 at the MIK 40
J-5 MetOp-A on Soyuz
J-3 First roll-out (14 July)
J-3 2d roll-out (14 October)
19 octobre - 16.28 UTC
Maps
Baikonur 2006
Байконур 2006
The Metop-A launch campaign
J-3 First roll-out (14 July)
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7:15 opening of the doors of the MIK 40 launcher assembly building.
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7:30 start of the transfer of the rocket on the erector wagon to the launch pad located 800m away..
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As usual with Russians, a relaxed atmosphere and minimal constraints.
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The fairing is covered by a thermal protection that will be removed prior to launch. It is connected to an air conditioning system.
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Arrival to the launch pad after a journey of around 800m.
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Erection of the launcher. This goes very fast which is not surprising considering that, at the origin, Soyuz was ballistic missile.
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Removal of the erector arm.
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Installation of the access gateways.
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10:00 finished !
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Up to now: 353 Soyuz launches from this launch pad !
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