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Date: 06 August 2000 Satellite: Cluster Depicts: Launcher on train Location: Launch Vehicle Integration Building, Baikonur, Kazakhstan Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
The rollout of the Soyuz launcher and second Cluster pair is carried out by train over a distance of about 500 m. The train has a special wagon providing air-conditioning to the Cluster pair inside the fairing.