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Gravity Probe B

Testing Einstein's Universe

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 5 APRIL 2002:

SRE AND ECU PASS CONFIDENCE TEST
During the past week the aft B SRE and the aft ECU have been installed on the space vehicle. All forward and aft units for the SRE and ECU are now on the space vehicle. Both the SRE and ECU have successfully passed confidence test demonstrating correct communication to the rest of the space vehicle and correct communication between the forward and aft boxes.

PROGRAM OFFSITE COMPLETED
The GP-B program held an offsite to review the schedule and update it as needed. Technical issues and the related risks which posed potential schedule impacts were discussed as part of the offsite. MSFC, Stanford, and LM attended the 1 day meeting.

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