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June
9 - The Sea Launch team transfers the Integrated Launch
Vehicle from the assembly hall of the Sea Launch Commander
to the main deck of the Odyssey Launch Platform. Bill Rujevcan,
Mission Director (center), reviews the operations procedure with Dr.
Valery Aliev, head of Rocket Operations (at right). Elena Gray |
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With
two crane cables from above in the Launch Platform, attached to yellow
brackets on the 1st and 2nd stages, the rocket slowly rises from its support
cradle on the stern ramp of the ship....
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...to the hangar on the Launch Platform, 200 feet above.
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From here, the rocket is lowered onto the transporter-erector. Once it
is safely tucked in, the forward doors and floor of the hangar close and
the operation is complete.
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