Safe arrival in Kazakhstan

The shipment from France to Kazakhstan was made by three Antonov AN 124/100 cargo aircraft. The first carried 12 containers of equipment needed to prepare the satellite for launch, the second carried the MetOp-B satellite plus six containers and the third flight carried the solar array along with 10 more containers of equipment. The shipments were transported from the airfield to the Baikonur Cosmodrome by train. Bad weather caused difficulties for all three flights. The flight carrying the satellite was held up in Moscow for three days because of snow.