WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 26 February 1999:
STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
A rework of the 2 TRE units has been completed and interim
functional
testing is under way. The results from functional
testing appear encouraging.
Photo: Top of GP-B Telescope where the electronics are placed.
SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
All eighteen (16 flight units plus two flight spares) Relativity
Mission (GP-B)
Thruster Isolation Valves (TIVs) successfully
completed their leak, burst pressure
and three-axis random
vibration acceptance testing. Each TIV will now be
functionally
tested in a thermal vacuum environment before being authorized
for installation on the space vehicle.
Photo: LMMS engineer
Mitch Skinner and Quality Assurance Representative
Carla Barnes random vibration testing a Relativity Mission
Thruster Isolation
Valve (TIV) in LMMS Building 181.