Silo Level 7

Initial view: The launch site’s air compressor system. This unit is used to start the diesel generator on level 3. (It is common for many large diesel engines to be started with compressed air). Compressed air is also used to operate the blast valves, work platform locking pins, plug valves and parts of the ventilation system. To the right of the compressor is the silo elevator.

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Panning clockwise:
•		An emergency shower, used to decontaminate personnel who may have been splashed with propellant.
•		Water pumps used to pressurize the site’s industrial and domestic water systems.
•		On edge: The gray panel is the side of a hydraulic valve panel used to lower and raise the work platforms in the launch duct.
•		Access door with view into the launch duct.


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