CS-2 Team back to Baikonur

As planned, the ESA ASTRIUM CryoSat-2 team reached Baikonur on 23rd of March and is now complete and ready to resume the launch campaign.

The mild weather on Tuesday afternoon in Baikonur (+12C) permitted to sit at a cafe terrace on the Arbat for a bier. A nice way for a "get together again" that concludes the baby sitting/unexpected storage phase before serious things start again.

Credits: Klaus
Good news: The launcher hardware with the new "patched Software" was traveling from Moscow with the team on the same plane. Custom clearance is expected within 2 days. So activities should be soon back on track.

The remaining activities on the SC and launcher sides will be re-planned on 24/03 with the Russians in order to make sure that everything is completed in due time for a launch date planned now on the 8th of April.

But at this very moment:

A warm welcome back to all!