June 23 - The final rehearsal in the Launch Control Center gets underway...

All members of the launch team are focused on the task at hand. The launch simulation features various anomalies to challenge the team and demonstrate its ability to respond accurately and quickly.

Bill Hayes (left), Space Systems/Loral spacecraft mission manager, Jason McLaughlin, Sea Launch payload integration manager, and Ammon Madsen, Sea Launch payload integration manager trainee, are part of the team working toward mission success.

In the midst of rocket science calculations, one can forget that the Launch Control Center...

...is located on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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