(C2) Unloading and transport from Cayenne airport up to S1B at CSG

Not much to say, just few snapshots of this chronology to give an idea of what has been a very long day.
1-General view of the plane configuring for the unloading operations (28/04/2015 just before 19:00 local time). By chance, no rain , no mosquitos...

2-Unloading of the containers from the rear side of the plane

3-Mounting the ramp for unloading the MSG-4 container from the front of the plane

4-MSG-4 unloading, just before lift up of the container on the truck by the crane (ca 11:15 local time)

Credits: Francois, KB was already en route to S1 in the truck transporting the Solar Array spares...

5-MSG-4 arrival at S1 in CSG after a 70 kilometer trip from Felix Eboué. The convoy was escorted by the Gendarmerie. The maximum speed was limited to 50km/h. Altogether the trip lasted 2 hours+ including technical stops for checks. Arrival at ca 02:15 am on 29/04/2015 at S1B

6-Rolling MSG-4 inside the S1 transfer bay

7-Almost done, MSG-4 Container in the S1 transfer bay..

… and touch down on 29/04/2015 @ 03:03am (local time).

Congratulations to all the teams and the Thales mechanical staff in particular for the work performed during this very long day!

Pictures provided by Videlio Guyane for ArianeSpace (AE)

Credits: AE (8 picures above)

For memory only, the arrival and unloading of MSG-3 in 2012