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Gravity Probe B

Testing Einstein's Universe

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 12 APRIL 2002:

SV INTEGRATION CONTINUES TO MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
The plumbing pallet was installed on the space vehicle and successfully leak checked. The UV continuity test (15.1.1) was successfully run. The ECU was connected to the tophat and the operational test was begun. Over the weekend, the plan is pump out the probe and to run the SRE cable test.

GSS IN EXTENDED FUNCTIONAL
The first of the GSS boxes is in extended functional test. Following the extended functional test the forward GSS boxes will be installed on the space vehicle.

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