This week the satellite has been transferred from the S5C satellite preparation cleanroom to the S5B hazardous processing facility (HPF):
On its way, the satellite passed via the S5B airlock where the Vega-C fairing halves and the VESPA+R (dual launch adapter) were stored:
The Sentinel-3C logo printed on the fairing:
The VESPA+R upper part on which Sentinel-3C will be mated later next week:
The satellite was then towed to the S5B cleanroom:
Sentinel-3C and its co-passenger FLEX (on the left) are now in the same room!
The satellite is now ready to start the fuelling operations, starting with the preparation day planned on Saturday and the fueling on Monday 24th of August.
The propellant drums (filled with hydrazine) are stored just aside the S5B cleanroom:
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