On Friday 19/06, while the fueling was in progress, the acceptance of the BAF (Batiment d'Assemblage Final/Final Integration Building) took place.This a formal visit where the customer checks that the BAF facility is ready to "welcome" MSG-4.
Overall view of the BAF building
As reported earlier (see from BIL to BAF), the Ariane 5 launcher has already been transferred to the BAF. The two spacecrafts, StarOne C4 in upper position and MSG-4 in lower position will be mated on the rocket in this BAF building. This next phase of the campaign is called the "POC" for Plan d'Opération Combiné/Combined Operation Plan. StarOne C4 will be the first spacecraft to enter the POC on 24/06 followed by MSG-4 on the 25/06.
Today 22/06, a formal spacecraft review was held at EUMETSAT/ESA/ThalesAleniaSpace level. This review called LRR (Launch Readiness Review) has been declared successful and confirmed that MSG-4 is ready to start the Ariane 5 POC.
Last but not least, the Vega launch (VV-05) with the ESA/EU spacecraft Sentinel-2A on-board is planned for tonight (22/06 @ 22:52 local time). This is the last launch before VA-224 (StarOneC4/MSG-4) which is planned on 08/07/2015 at 18:34 (local time)
We definitely get closer!
Today 22/06, a formal spacecraft review was held at EUMETSAT/ESA/ThalesAleniaSpace level. This review called LRR (Launch Readiness Review) has been declared successful and confirmed that MSG-4 is ready to start the Ariane 5 POC.
Last but not least, the Vega launch (VV-05) with the ESA/EU spacecraft Sentinel-2A on-board is planned for tonight (22/06 @ 22:52 local time). This is the last launch before VA-224 (StarOneC4/MSG-4) which is planned on 08/07/2015 at 18:34 (local time)
We definitely get closer!
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