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As the team settles down to living and working at sea, a launch rehearsal gets underway in the Launch Control Center. This large room is designed with Russian-speaking and English-speaking sections, which communicate through simutaneous translation on both sides. Here, some views from the Russian-speaking side, which manages rocket operations and includes teams from Russia and Ukraine. In this image, Mr. R. Yakhin (DBTM) and Mr. V. Korkh (Yuzhmash) are at work behind a glass divider. |
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Mr. A. Evstafyev from Yuzhnoye. |
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Dr. Valery Aliev (at left), head of the rocket segment, and Mr. Y. Tinyakov, both from Energia. |
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On the English-speaking side, the Americans are at their workstations, monitoring the rehearsal process. |
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Keith Dayton, vice president of launch operations, is observing all procedures. |
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Jim Mills, mission director, takes the lead. |
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Chi Ly, launch manager for Intelsat, follows along with the assistance of Ryan Conroy from Sea Launch. |
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Terry Bohlen, mission manager, is hard at work with Keith Dayton (at right) to his side.
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