20 September - Proton preparations on track
The Proton team is completing the assembly of the launcher while the fuelling team is busy with final readiness checks prior to fuelling the satellite.
Activities take place in three buildings:
- in the Technical Complex, building 92A-50, the fairing is being assembled onto the integration rig
- in the main Proton integration hall in building 92-1, assembly of the three first stages is being completed
- in the Energia building, the block DM upper stage is in its final stages of preparation and will be fuelled soon
Integral will be mated to the upper stage in the main Protol integration hall. First it will be mated to the Proton adapter then lifted above the upper stage in the vertical position. Then the whole assembly (Integral and upper stage) will be tilted to the horizontal position for encapsulation into the fairing.
