ESA's SMOS Project Manager Achim Hahne (left), ESA's SMOS Launch Campaign Manager Roger Jegou (middle) and the Lead Investigator for SMOS Yann Kerr (right - in front of the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The upper composite, housing the SMOS and Proba-2 satellites, was rolled out and installed in the launch tower on 27 October.