The day started early for some of the team that were involved in the Network Countdown. This is where the launch team at VSFB execute the countdown sequences on the satellite with the team in the operations center at ESOC monitoring. The pictures are of the team in the Astrotech control room VSFB.

In parallel to this the cleaning activities were completed on the spacecraft.

Lunch

The fuelling team started setting things up in the clean room.

In ESOC the team managed a little time to relax.

Today the main focus was on checking the cleanliness of the satellite as this is paramount to get the best performance from the instruments.

In order to properly assess the cleanliness the lights in the cleanroom were turned off and UV lighting used

The fuelling team continued their preparations.

And to celebrate the end of nominal testing before starting fuelling activities Airbus arranged a very nice function at Hangar-7