Cluster II ESA Photos
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Shipping Cluster II spacecraft to launch site
(plane to truck to train)
Launch preparations and launch, Baikonur.

One Cluster II spacecraft in Payload Processing Facility clean room. June 2000.	Thermal blanket installation on FM6. 15 June 2000.
Hoisting FM7 on top of FM6 spacecraft. 24 June 2000.	Tensioning the clamp band. 24 June 2000.
Tilting the upper composite into horizontal position for encapsulation into the fairing. 2 July 2000.	Fairing encapsulation. 11 July 2000.
Final assembly of Soyuz rocket and Cluster II. 12 July 2000.	Soyuz/Cluster II installation onto launch pad. 13 July 2000.
Soyuz/Cluster II on launch pad. 13 July 2000.	Just before lift-off. 16 July 2000
Ignition. 16 July 2000.	Lift-off. 16 July 2000.
Lift-off. 16 July 2000.	Lift-off. 16 July 2000.