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
Metop-A removed from container
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April 19: Installation of PLM (Payload Module – Upper part of the satellite) on its handling trolley.
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April 20: Opening of the SVM (Service Module) container
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Installation of the SVM (Service Module – Lower part of the satellite) on its handling trolley.
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