The Zenit-3SL vehicle is rolled out of its protective hangar on the Launch Platform.

The roof of the hangar is rolled back to accommodate the movement of the 200-foot long rocket.

Large pneumatic pumps raise the rocket to a vertical position on the launch pad.

The rocket as seen from inside the hangar.

The rocket is fully erect on the launch pad. The Sea Launch
Commander is in the foreground, berthed on the opposite side of the pier from the Odyssey Launch Platform, at Sea Launch Home Port.

Members of the DBTM team (Design Bureau of Transport Machinery), contractors who support the launch infrastructure.

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