Transfer of Integrated Launch Vehicle from the Ship to the Launch Platform    October 2 - The Integrated Launch Vehicle is transferred from the assembly plant in the Sea Launch Commander to the top of the Odyssey Launch Platform. It remains in a horizontal position in the hangar (the white structure on the platform) during transit to the launch site on the Equator. Thuraya Mission Managers (L-R) Don MacKenzie, Mission Manager for Hughes; Abdul Aziz Al Mutawa, Senior Engineer Satellite Operation Center, Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company; Gary Weber, Mission Manager for Sea Launch; Brad Crocker, Launch Vehicle Integration for Hughes. Abdul Aziz Al Mutawa, Senior Engineer Satellite Operation Center, Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, displays his signature and message at the traditional Sea Launch Rocket signing ceremony, just before the rocket is transferred to the Launch Platform.