The Odyssey Launch Platform is fully stocked with "people, parts and paper" and is ready to depart for the launch site at the equator. XM Satellite Radio representatives gather on a deck of the Sea Launch Commander for a bird's eye view of the departure - (L-R) Jeffrey Snyder, Scott Vandoeselaar and Barry Fagan

Our Russian and Ukrainian partners proudly display their national flags as the traditional Russian departure music plays over the loud speaker system...

... and the Odyssey gracefully moves away from the pier...

...and out of the port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Sea Launch photos by
Paula Korn)

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