Shipment of the Big Alt-Azimuth Telescope glass reflector for the Russian Academy of Sciences

Cargo description:

• Diameter: 7,20 m.
• Weight: 44 ton.
• Material: glass
• Cost: 100 000 000,00 (One Hundred Million) rubles

Distance: over 3 000 km.
The shipment was carried out by trucks and river vessels

Special features:

• Large temperature differences (from - 5°C at the top up to 25°C at the bottom of the mounting).
• Trucking at the altitude of over 2000 meters above sea level.
• Strict shipping requirements, computer control of the reflector's internal voltages.

Placing the reflector into a special container

Route map	Beginning of the transportation	Construction of a temporary by-pass road

Loading on the vessel	Cargo delivered