After the IA-8 satellite is tested, fueled and encapsulated in the payload fairing, the Payload Unit is rolled out of the Payload Processing Facility at Sea Launch Home Port and moved just a few yards away to the assembly hall in the Sea Launch Commander (Assembly and Command Ship) for integration with a Zenit-3SL rocket.

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