Transfer
encapsulated satellite from Payload Processing Facility to Assembly
and Command Ship
February 26 - Payload Unit, containing XM-2 Satellite, rolls out
of Payload Processing Facility, and past a warehouse, for transfer
to the Sea Launch Commander, where it is mated with the
upper stage - the Block DM - of the Zenit-3SL launch vehicle.
Payload
Unit is lined up for transfer to the Sea Launch Commander.
The Odyssey Launch Platform, not seen in these photos, is
moored near the Sea Launch Commander.
XM-2
Mission Managers (L-R) Spruce Cox, XM Radio Mission Manager for
Sea Launch, Brad Crocker, BSS Launch Services Engineering and Operations
integration manager for XM-2, and Dr. John Konrad, BSS Spacecraft
Mission Manager for XM-2.
