Ciel II Blog
+ Breeze M Filling Up
It is Friday morning and L-5 days to launch. After two
relatively quiet days of Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV)
checks, it is time to move it to the Breeze M fueling
station. This is day one of two days of one of the more
hazardous operations that will take place during a launch
campaign. The ILV is positioned on a specially designed rail
car - it needs to support the entire length and mass of a
fully integrated Proton M launch vehicle! With the ILV ready
to roll, the troops gathered outside of Hall 111 in
anticipation of the transport. It's breathtaking to watch
the horizontal ILV roll slowly out of the building. The only
thing that could bring on more goosebumps would have been
Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" playing on loudspeakers as
it came out!
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+ Our Specialists are Here!
Our Thales/KhSC specialists have arrived! Yesterday the
long-awaited URALAir flight finally touched down at Krayny
(after an hour delay due to fog – in Moscow!) and
offloaded the key personnel needed to keep our launch
campaign schedule on track.
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