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Trail along the Sentier de Saint Élie
Sunday, 19th of October On the 19th of October the launch campaign team in Kourou undertook a walk along the Sentier de Saint Élie, located southwest of Sinnamary. We made about 2.5 Km. After the hike, we enjoyed a nice lunch at the restaurant Éco-lodge L’Oiseau de Paradis, by the river. L’Oiseau de Paradis is…
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Saturday at the Gosselin beach
Saturday, 18th of October On the 18th of October two of our launch campaign colleagues, Chris and Louise, returned back to The Netherlands. The team went for lunch together to say goodbye at the restaurant Auberge des Plages. We missed to take a photo with them though! Then we had a relaxing walk on the…
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Thursday, 23rd of October On Thursday, the Sentinel-1D spacecraft, attached to its payload adapter, was removed from the CCU3 within the Ariane Encapsulation Facility (EFA). Subsequently, it was lifted by crane and installed onto the launch vehicle adapter. The photos captured are truly remarkable! We had never witnessed the spacecraft being lifted so high by…
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Wednesday, 22nd of October On Wednesday the Sentinel-1D spacecraft was transferred from the hazardous preparation facility to the Ariane encapsulation facility inside the CCU3. The spacecraft is now at the Ariane Encapsulation Facility for integration into the fairing! Spacecraft mounting on CCU3 pallet Following the mating of Sentinel-1D onto the flight payload adapter, the combination…
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Sentinel-1D Mating on Payload Adapter
Tuesday, 21st of October On the 21st of October we started the combined operations between the Sentinel-1D spacecraft and the launcher, after confirming the readiness of all components: the spacecraft, the Upper Part that will host the spacecraft (fairing + payload adapter + launch vehicle adapter), the launcher and the facilities. The combined operations with…
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Sentinel-1D Spacecraft Fuelling
Wednesday, 15th of October After completing all the preparatory activities and weighting the spacecraft to obtain its “dry mass” (mass before fuelling), the spacecraft has been fuelled in the hazardous preparation facility. The spacecraft has been loaded with propellant and is now ready to start the combined operations phase. Propellant Loading On Tuesday 14th October…
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Sunday Market in Cacao
Sunday, 12th of October On the 12th of October a part of the team went to Cacao for visiting this beautiful villageand its Sunday market. The village of Cacao is located on the Comté river South of Cayenne. Its populationmainly consists of Hmong farmers, refugees from Laos who were resettled in FrenchGuiana in 1977. These…
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Trail along the Sentier du Rorota
Saturday, 11th of October On the 11th of October the launch campaign team in Kourou undertook a walk along the Sentier du Rorota, located between Rémire-Montjoly and the port of Dégrad des Cannes. We made about 5.5 Km in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The Sentier du Rorota is a publicly accessible trail frequented by families…
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Friday, 10th of October The launch campaign is running smoothly and we are moving forward to a new phase! After the last steps of integration in the payload preparation facility, our spacecraft’s home since it arrived to French Guiana, the spacecraft was transferred to the hazardous preparation facility where the fuelling activities will be carried…
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Friday, 3rd of October On the 3rd of October the Canopée boat the Canopée boat arrived at Pariacabo port in Kourou transporting the Upper Liquid Propulsion Module (ULPM) and Lower Liquid Propulsion Module (LLPM) from Europe. The next day, these modules were transferred to the Launcher Assembly Building (BAL) at Guiana Space Centre. The CSG…
