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Rockot fairing opens three minutes after launch
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Rockot fairing opens three minutes after launch

20/03/2008 389 views 0 likes 202263 ID

Around three minutes after launch the two half shells of the fairing, which encapsulate the GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite, are opened and released.

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Close-up of the Rockot fairing
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Cleaning and installing the venting system in the Rockot fairing
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Installing the venting system

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The Rockot fairing being cleaned
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Rockot launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
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