WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 19 February 1999:
STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
Under the direction of Dr. Bill Bencze, the GSS group has
completed
a set of engineering unit (but flight-like)
printed wiring assemblies.
These assemblies are now being
installed into both the forward and
aft boxes. In addition,
the GSS team is now in the process of
preparing the PWBs for
the
Peer Review and release process.
Preparations have begun for bonding the flight telescope to the flight quartz block. The actual bonding will likely take place on 2/17/99. Following the bonding, the gyroscopes will be installed, then the probe will be integrated with the quartz block/telescope, and finally the SQUIDs and retention hardware will be installed.
Small Photo: GSS team
Large Photo (click to see): Quartz
Block and Telescope
SPACE VEHICLE
HIGHLIGHT
The Relativity Mission (GP-B) Mission Operations Team has received a new
Rational Ada compiler for the flight software test sets.
The new compiler
is more stable than the previous version,
and the team is having great
success integrating test software.
Photo: LMMS engineers Jordan Robison testing the new Ada
compiler in the LMMS
building 251 Integrated Test Facility (ITF).