Tsiklon!

May. 28th, 2004 09:55 am
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I tell you, rockets spring up like mushrooms around here. As I look out the window of the interpreter office here in the полтинник, I can see the sleek form of a Tsiklon launch vehicle that's standing probably less than a kilometer away.

Tsiklon from 92A-50, Baikponur, 5/28/04

(The Tsiklon is the item about a third of the way in from the right-hand side of the frame. The fencing along the bottom of the image is that of our building.)

The rocket is scheduled to lift off at around noon, and the folks working here were hoping to have a ringside seat for the launch. However, given the fact that the wind is blowing from the pad towards our building, the word I've heard is that everyone will be removed from here as a safety precaution and transported to an observation area, from where we can safely watch the launch.

Cheers...

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