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Date: 12 July 2000 Satellite: Cluster Depicts: Soyuz launcher on train Location: Launch Vehicle Integration Building, Baikonur, Kazakhstan Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
The Soyuz launcher rolls out of the Launch Vehicle Integration Hall shortly after sunrise, at 7:30 local time, to start its journey towards the launch pad. Contained within the fairing atop the fregat stage is the first pair of Cluster II spacecraft: Salsa and Samba.