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Caging
- P0050D: Assembly And In-Process Tests Of Science Mission Caging Units
- P0101: Caging Bellows Force Test Gp-B Science Mission Procedure
- P0107B: Procedure For Polishing Caging Rod
- P0256: Caging Assembly And Test Readiness Review Completion Certificate
- P0325: Integration Of Caging Assemblies Into Sia
- P0424: Caging Spring Force Vs. Travel Test
- P0455: Flow-Thru Test Of Caging Lines
- P0460: Helium Check Of Probe Caging Line
Clean Room
- P0034: Clean Room Access Policy
- P0035: General Conduct Rules Within Gp-B Clean Room
- P0036: Approved And Restricted Materials And Actions
- P0037: Entry/Exit Procedures For Gp-B Hepl Clean Room Complex
- P0038: Clean Room Policy Review Procedure
- P0039: Procedure For Monitoring Airborne Particulate
- P0040: Clean Room Janitorial Procedure
- P0041: Clean Room Safety Course Outline
- P0042: Clean Room Course Outline
- P0045: Operation Of Liquid Particle Counter
- P0046: Contaminated Wipes Storage And Disposal For Hepl Clean Rooms 130, 132, Litho And Mgp
- P0047: Clean Room Utility Standards
- P0054: Leak Test Procedure Using The Varian 960 Leak Detector
Gyroscopes
- P0001: Procedure For Cleaning Gyroscope Housing
- P0002: Readout Surface Polishing And Etching Procedure
- P0003: Inspection Of Stanford Housing Blanks
- P0004: Inspection By Stanford After Cavitron Operations
- P0005: Etching And Reinspection By Stanford After Cavitron Operations
- P0006: Procedure To Clean Housings Prior To Al/Ti Deposition
- P0007: Tumble Lapping Gyro Housings
- P0008: Inspection By Stanford Of Tumble Lapped Housing
- P0009: Measurement Of The Gyroscope Housing Cavity
- P0010: Removal Of Al-Ti Coating And Inspection Of R/O Surface
- P0011: Coating Of R/O Surface With K-10 Epoxy By Stanford
- P0012: Inspection By Stanford Of Finished Quartz Housing
- P0013: Etching And Reinspection By Stanford Of Finished Quartz Housing
- P0014: General Inspection Of Housings
- P0015: Procedure For Spot Etching Of Quartz Housing To Relieve Strain Around Drilled Holes
- P0016: Fast Cleaning Procedure For The Inspection Of Quartz Housings
- P0017B: Removal Of K-10 Epoxy Resin
- P0018: Inspection Of Protective Coatings Of R/O Surface (K-10, Al-Ti)
- P0020: Housing Numbering
- P0021: Housing Dimensions Check
- P0022: Packing And Shipping
- P0024: Removal Of K-10A Epoxy Resin
- P0025: Rotor Coating Wet Bench Operating Procedure
- P0044: Development Quartz Housing Film Deposition Methods
- P0056: Automated Betascope Rotor Uniformity Measurements
- P0062: Procedure For Sulfuric Acid Boil To Remove Organic Contaminants From Fused Quartz
- P0063: Procedure For Thermal Cycling In Liquid Nitrogen
- P0064: Spinup Plumbing Assembly Procedure
- P0074: Lapping Procedure For Gp-B Rotors
- P0075B: Polishing Procedure For Quartz Rotors
- P0076B: Measurig The Rotor Diameter
- P0077B: Sphericity Measurements Procedure For Gp-B Rotors
- P0078B: Rotor Handling And Documentation Procedures
- P0079: Protocol For Rotor Coating In The Mrc Sputtering System
- P0085: Gyroscope Hardware Assembly
- P0086: Uv And Opitcal Readout Hardware And Cable Assy
- P0087: Suspension And Grounding Wire Assembly
- P0091: Gyro Retainer Assembly Procedure
- P0105: Gravity Probe B Gyro Housing Lithography Process 4/93
- P0114: Deposition \Of The Niobium Loop Player On Dev. Qtz Hsng
- P0123: Ground Cable Assembly
- P0175B: Integration Of Gyros Assemblies Into The Quartz Block
- P0178B: Room Temperature Tests (Integrated)
- P0203D: Uv Charge Control Commissioning Procedure For Sm Gyroscope
- P0204B: Procedure For Installation Ofsm Gyroscopes In The Low Temperature Commissioning Probe
- P0206: Measurement Of Gyro Alignment Relative To The Quartz Block
- P0255: Science Gyroscope Assembly Test Readiness Review Completion Certificate
- P0272B: Room Temperature Sm Gyroscope Commissioning Tests
- P0273B: Gyroscope Commissioning Probe Insertion Procedure
- P0274C: Procedure For Verification Of Dccoupling Of Sm Gyroscopes
- P0275B: Low Temperature Sm Gyroscope Commissioning Tests
- P0276C: Procedure For Flux Flushing The Gyroscope In The Gyroscope Commissioning Probe
- P0277B: Installation Of The Gyroscope Support Hardware For Thegyroscope Commissioning Probe
- P0278B: Procedure For Post Commission Handling And Storage Of Sm Gyrscopes
- P0279: Magnetic Screening Of The Sm Gyroscope In The Large Scale Magnetics Testing Facility
- P0281B: Procedure For Commissioning Gyroscopes For The Science Mission Probe
- P0297: Functionality Testof Thermometry And Heater For Sm Gyroscopes (Optional)
- P0298C: Additional Information On Gyroscope Geometry (Optional)
- P0299C: Procedure For Gyroscope Levitation With The Ddc Suspension System
- P0300B: Gowning Procedure For The Gyroscope Commissioning Probe Cleanroom
- P0304: Procedure For Stripping The Aluminum Cladding From The Fiber Opticcable
- P0305: Procedure For Gyroscope High Voltage To Ground Plane Breakdown Test
- P0306B: Procedure For Assembling Ultra Violet Fiber Optic Cable Assembly
- P0307B: Confirmation Of No Charging Of The Gyroscope During Levitation
- P0308B: Post Insertion Electrical Checklist
- P0310B: Low Temperature Gyro Spinup Procedure
- P0311C: Performance Testing Procedure (Optional)
- P0314B: Procedure To Determine Asymptotic Spin Speed For Science Mission Gyroscopes
- P0319: Spherical Substrate Cleaning System Procedure
- P0321B: Room Temperature Gyroscope Spin-Up
- P0326: Cable Assembly Suspension
- P0342: Functional Test Of Uv Source Eu
- P0370: Procedure For Installing Readout Cable To Gyroscope
- P0388: Exhaust Line Cleanliness Test
- P0426: Procedure To Measure R/O Loop Resistance
- P0431: Hook-Up And Check-Out Of All Gyro Cables With Probe Connectors
- P0435B: Verification Of Fiber Optic Light Transmission To Gyroscope
- P0481C: (Ptp) Levitation Of Gyroscopes In Probe C
Miscellaneous
- P0080: Cryogenic Magnetic Screening Procedure
- P0084B: Bonding Index Plate To Spacer - Science Mission
- P0149B: Natural Orbital Environment Specification
- P0187: Cryo Dip Testing And Twe Testing Of Quartz Flight Windows 1, 2 And 3 Substrates
- P0191: Measurement Of Lead Shield Internal Dc Field
- P0192: Measurement Of Lead Shield Longitudinal Shielding Factor
- P0198D: Cleaning The Quartz Block
- P0201B: Fiberoptic Switch For Charge Control, Assembly Procedure
- P0202: Procedure For Cable Assembly,Ground
- P0262: Payload Magnetometer Test Readinesss Review Completion Certificate
- P0318: Sgs Procedure Database Feedback And Approval
- P0328: Installation And Connection Of The Ecu Hardware To The Flight Dewar And Probe B For Gtu-2 Testing
- P0335: Turning On The Engineering Unit Ecu During Gtu-2 Testing
- P0356B: Procedure For Epoxy Bonding Tra-Bond 2143D
- P0360: Removing The Sia From Probe-B: Gtu-2 "As Built" Procedure
- P0381: 70Khz Digital D.C. Suspension System Checkout And Release Procedure
- P0390: Probe Instrumentation Wiring Checkout
- P0399: Station 200 Thermal Test
- P0400B: Operations Manual For Qa Inspection And Flight Stores
- P0404: Transfer The Qb/T From Optical Table To Vertical Manipulator
- P0406B: Travel Sheet Guide
- P0411B: Test Procedure For I8, I9 Probe Wiring Verification
- P0414B: Procedure For Modification Of Connector
- P0419: Operations Manual For Precision Manipulator
- P0422: Gp-B Probe C/Gss Suspension Line Characteristics Measurement Procedure
- P0428: Check Out Suspension Cables
- P0429B: Pre-Integration Uv Fiber Optics Check-Out
- P0433: Hook-Up And Post Integration Instrumentation Checkout
- P0434B: (Ptp) Post Integration Check Out Of Suspension Cables
- P0443: Calibration Of The Seven Auto Collimator
- P0448: Metering Valve Disassembly
- P0457: Procedure For Supplementary Cmm Measurements For Quartz Block #3
- P0461: Repair Of Quartz Block #3
- P0462: Quartz Block No. 3 Zygo Measurement
- P0476: Esd/Eos Risk Mitigation Procedure
- P0482: Protocol Vibration Test 2.5 Vacuumvalve
- P0484C: Pre- And Post- Vibration Leak Test Procedure 2.5" And 6" Vacuum Valves (3179 And 3223)
- P0499: Probe Fastener Staking And Safety Wiring
Plans
- P0057: Gravity Probe B Magnetic Control Plan - Science Mission
- P0059: Probe C Contamination Control Plan
- P0098B: Science Mission Configuration Management Plan
- P0108C: Science Mission Quality Plan
- P0130: Fracture Control Plan
- P0145: Standard Materials And Processes Control Plan
- P0146: Science Mission Reliability Plan
- P0147: Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission Contamination Control Plan, Master
- P0327: Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission System Safety Program Plan
- P0363: Quartz Block No. 3 Transportation Plan
- P0403: Payload Transportation And Handling Plan
SQUIDs
- P0102: Squid, Readout Cable Assembly
- P0110: Output Jumper Cable Assembly
- P0116B: Soldering Connector Onto Grt
- P0117: Squid Bracket Assembly And Squid Bracket Unit
- P0120: Heater Assembly
- P0152: Squid Carrier Substrate Fabrication
- P0153: Squid Carrier Assembly & Process Endurance Testing
- P0155: Output Transformer Fabrication Verification
- P0156B: Feedback Transformer Verification
- P0157: Use Of Epoxy Stycast 1266 Procedure
- P0158: Lead Gasket Fabrication
- P0159: Squid Package Assembly
- P0160C: Squid Package Testing And Verification
- P0161: Squid Capacitor Kit Assembly
- P0164: Squid Die Pre-Screening Procedure
- P0166: System Integration- Outline Of Integration Procedure For The "As Built" Gtu-2 Readout Hardware Into
- P0170: Readout Shake Test
- P0171: Squid Proton Test
- P0182: Soldering Connector To Heater
- P0183B: Procedure For Epoxing Readout Cable Clip And Short Carrier To Heater Assy And For Epoxing Grt To Eit
- P0257: Squid Kit/Readout Test Readiness Review
- P0329: Procedure For Gtu-2 Emc Tests
- P0331: Procedure For Gtu-2 Emi Tests
- P0415B: Squid Kit Installation Procedure
- P0498: Engineering Test Procedure For Non-Flight Unit For Payload Verification Revision C Squid Electronic
System
- P0133: (Ptp) Preparations For Probe/Airlock Integration
- P0134: (Ptp) Airlock/Dewar Integration (Available In Hard Copy Only)
- P0135: (Ptp) Probe Insertion Into Smd (Available In Hard Copy Only)
- P0140: (Ptp) Prepare Probe-C For Testing
- P0141: Fist Emergency Procedures
- P0176: Probe Preparations For Integration With Qb/T
- P0177: Sia Integration Into Probe
- P0205B: Mount Probe Onto Precision Manipulator Gp-B Science Mission Procedure
- P0207D: Main Tank Normal Boiling Point Fill
- P0209E: (Ptp) External Guard Tank Fill
- P0210E: Internal Main Tank To Well Transfer
- P0211E: Internal Guard Tank Fill- Guard Tank Vent Line Connected
- P0212C: Guard Tank Depletion
- P0213E: Connect Vacuum Module / Pump On Smd Vacuum Shell
- P0214D: Stop Pumping On Smd Vacuum Shell/ Disconnect Vacuum Module
- P0215B: (Ptp) Smd Pumpdown Of Main Tank
- P0216B: (Ptp) Smd Pressurization Of Main Tank From Subatmospheric To Normal Boiling Point
- P0217B: (Ptp) Smd Main Tank Subatmospheric Fill
- P0270C: Transferring The Quartz Block From The Roller Mechanism Cart To The X-Y Cart
- P0366: Transfer Probe From Pm To Gurney Plus Transportation
- P0371: Post Probe Removal From Sm Dewar
- P0376B: Remove Probe Vacuum Can Gp-B Science Mission Procedure
- P0409: Preparation And Transport Of Probe To Class 1000 Clean Room
- P0410: Attach Vacuum System And Leak Check Probe C
- P0412: Sia Integration Readiness Review
- P0420: Re-Install Probe Vacuum Can
- P0438: Probe Transport To Fist-Ops
- P0441C: (Ptp) Smd Fill With Main Tank Precool
- P0442E: Smd Fill With Guard Tank Precool- Main Tank At Nbp
- P0483: Probe C Assembly/Sm Integration (And Test) Readiness Review (Trr)
- P0496: Probe Closure And Functional Testing I & Trr
Telescope
- P0151: Detector Package Fortelescope Assembly Procedure (See Procedures Broken Down Into Sections 151.1-12
- P0200D: Bonding The Telescope To The Quartz Block
- P0219: Telescope Detector Circuit Assembly
- P0220: Integration Of Science Telescope And Telescope Test Probe
- P0221: Integration Of Telescope Test Probe And Test Dewar With Artificial Star #2
- P0222: Science Telescope And Artificial Star #2 Alignment
- P0223: Artificial Star #2 Servo Alignment
- P0224: Artificial Star #2 Wide Field Scan
- P0225: Science Telescope Wide Field Scan Measurements At Room Temperature
- P0226: Artificial Star #2 Narrow Field Scan
- P0227: Science Telescope Narrow Field Scan Measurements At Room Temperature
- P0228: Artificial Star #2 Focal Scan Procedure
- P0229: Science Telescope Field Of View Scans
- P0230: Science Telescope Fine Scans
- P0231: Science Telescope Room Temperature Saturation Range
- P0232: Science Telescope Room Temperature Perpendicularity Of Readout Axes
- P0233: Science Telescope Room Temperature Linearity Test
- P0234: Science Telescope Cool Down
- P0235: Science Telescope Wide Field Scans, 4 K
- P0252: Cryo Focal Position Measurement Of Science Telescope For Cryo Focal Test
- P0253: Deintegration Of Science Telescope And Telescope Test Probe After Cryo Focal Test
- P0258: Science Telescope Test Readiness Review
- P0259: Bonding Telescope To Quartz Block Readiness Review Completion Certificate
- P0260B: Telescope Readout Electronics Test Readiness Review Completion Certificate
- P0261: Detector Packageassembly Test Readiness Review Completion Certificate
- P0266: Detector Package Assembly Integration With Telescope Procedure
- P0282: Gp-B Telescope Ida General Alignment And Bonding Procedures
- P0283: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Set Up Ida Assembly Fixtures
- P0284: Gp-B Telescope Ida,Alignchannelb Plate With Laser
- P0285: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Channel B Roof Splitter On Channel B Plate
- P0286: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Positionchannelbreflectors On Channel B Plate
- P0287: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Image Divider Housing On Channel B Plate
- P0288: Gp-B Telesope Ida, Position Beamsplitter On Beamsplitter Holder
- P0289: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Align Channel A Plate With Laser
- P0290: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Beamsplitter Assembly On Channel A Plate
- P0291: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Channel A Roof Splitter On Channel A Plate
- P0292: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Channel A Reflectors On Channel A Plate
- P0293: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Image Divider Housing/Channel B Assembly On Channel A Plate
- P0294: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Left And Right Relay Lenses On Ida Channel B
- P0295: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Left And Right Relay Lenseson Ida Channel A
- P0303: Gp-B Telescope Ida, Position Ida Pad On Ida
- P0332: Incoming Inspection And Testing Procedure For Flight Rev D Tre Circuit On Sapphire Carrier
- P0336: Position Ida On Telescope
- P0338: Gp-B Telescope "Position Detector Reflectors On Telescope"
- P0341: Gp-B Telescope "Position Clamp Supports On Telescope"
- P0347: Artificial Star 3 Test
- P0354: Operations Supplement For The Comparison Autocollimator, D600
- P0357: Procedure For Dpa Esd Precaution
- P0359: Procedure For Gp-B Science Telescope Transmission Measurement
- P0361: Base Plate/Tertiary Mirror/Primary Mirror Assy And Corrector Plate/Secondary Mirror Assy
- P0362: Qualification Strength Testing Of Bonded Telescope Parts
- P0364: Gp-B Telescope "Determine Metering Tube Length"
- P0365: Full Functional Test Procedure For Fwd Tre Units
- P0373: Position Reticle Plate On Telescope
- P0374: Bonding Meterining Tube To Baseplate Sub-Assy
- P0375: Bonding Forward Plate Sub-Assy To Metering Tube
- P0391: Help For Using The Tre Support Systems (Gse Testracks) Simplified Instructions
- P0392: Detector Package Assy (Dpa Acceptance Test Procedure)
- P0394: Transfer The Quartz Block/Telescope Assembly From The X-Y Cart To The Roller Mechanism Cart
- P0395: Transfer The Quartz Block/Telescope/Roller Mechanism Unit From The Roller Mechanism Cart To The Opti
- P0396: Quality Assurance Test Procedure For Telescope Readout Electronics (Tre) Ground Support Equipment Ra
- P0397: Gp-B Telescope "Transportation Of Telescope Between Clean Room Facilities"
- P0398: Gp-B Telescope "Removal Of Particulate Contamination From Telescope"
- P0408B: Telescope Readout Electronics (Tre) Detector Module Assembly (Dma) Connector Savers And Standardizer
- P0416: Detector Package Assembly (Dpa) Vibration Qualification Test
- P0439B: Gp-B Procedure For Sanity Check Of The St Field-Of-View
- P0444B: Detector Mount Assembly Repair Procedure
- P0445: Telescope Measure Reticle
- P0447: Inserting Shim
- P0450: Measurement Of Telescope Transmission
- P0451: Installation Of Dpa And Cleancan
- P0454: Measurement Of Telescope Field Of View
- P0456: Gp-B Telescope Load Testing Of Fixturing Used For Bonding The Telescope To The Quartz Block
- P0458B: Procedure For Staking Detector Package Assembly Components
- P0474: Connecting Dpa And Tre Electrnics To Flight Probe
- P0485B: (Ptp) Procedure For Post-Inspertion Impedance Testin Of Tre Detectors
- P0487B: (Ptp) Procedure For Tre Aliveness Test Following Payload Insertion
- P0488B: (Ptp)Procedure For Tre/Dma Temperature Control Verification
- P0489: (Ptp) Procedure For Tre Nominal Function Test
- P0490B: (Ptp) Procedure For Tre Random Noise Data Collection
- P0500B: (Ptp) Articicial Star #3 Installation Procedure
- P0501B: (Ptp) As3 Telescope Alignment Procedure
- P0502C: (Ptp) Artificial Star 3 Transmisibility And Acquisition Range Tests Of Telescope