GIOVE-B arrives in the Hazardous Processing Facility
Images of GIOVE-B arriving in the Hazardous Processing Facility at Baikonur, ready to be loaded with its hydrazine fuel. The spacecraft was moved from the payload Processing Facility, where it had completed post-delivery checkout.
(Above) GIOVE-B being prepared for removal from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
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GIOVE-B being prepared for removal from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
![](/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2008/04/giove-b_arrives_in_the_hpf4/9962121-2-eng-GB/GIOVE-B_arrives_in_the_HPF_article.jpg)
GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
![](/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2008/04/giove-b_arrives_in_the_hpf9/10275716-2-eng-GB/GIOVE-B_arrives_in_the_HPF_article.jpg)
GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
![](/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2008/04/giove-b_arrives_in_the_hpf3/9766880-3-eng-GB/GIOVE-B_arrives_in_the_HPF_article.jpg)
GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
![](/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2008/04/giove-b_arrives_in_the_hpf6/10011719-2-eng-GB/GIOVE-B_arrives_in_the_HPF_article.jpg)
GIOVE-B being lifted from the transporter that carried it from the Payload Processing Facility to the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
![](/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2008/04/giove-b_arrives_in_the_hpf10/10300713-2-eng-GB/GIOVE-B_arrives_in_the_HPF_article.jpg)
GIOVE-B being carried by crane through the Hazardous Processing Facility to its handling trolley.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller
![](/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2008/04/giove-b_arrives_in_the_hpf2/9693701-3-eng-GB/GIOVE-B_arrives_in_the_HPF_article.jpg)
GIOVE-B being lowered onto its handling trolley the Hazardous Processing Facility, ready for fuelling.
Credits: ESA - P. Müller