June 4 - The Payload Unit - consisting of the Payload Fairing and the Telstar 18 satellite it contains - rolls out of the Payload Processing Facility on a specially designed transporter.



It travels slowly down the small road along the water's edge at Sea Launch Home Port...


past the warehouse housing rocket segments...


onto the stern ramp of the Sea Launch Commander...

and into the assembly hall, where it will be mated with the upper stage (Block DM) of the Zenit-3SL launch vehicle.


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