Clamp Band Tensioning
Date: 24 June 2000
Satellite: Cluster
Location: Upper Composite Integration Facility, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Copyright: ESA
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Following the lowering of FM 7 on top of FM 6, the clamp band was installed, positioned, centred, and tensionend.
The tensioning of the clamp band was not easy as the workers had to operate on a specially made platform between the two spacecraft, which were less than 40 cm apart.
Last Update: 1 September 2019