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Gravity Probe B

Testing Einstein's Universe

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 14 JULY 2000:

PAYLOAD HIGHLIGHT
The ECU electronics team has successfully completed the full functional test of the forward and aft flight ECU. The ECU system was then subjected to pyroshock. Currently, the ECU is undergoing a repeat of the functional test to verify pyroshock survival.

Photo: The ECU boards.

SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
The flight spare Solar Array Deployment Mechanism (SADM) successfully completed random vibration testing in LMSS B/181.

Photo: LMSS engineer Shawn Shelton with the flight spare SADM on the B/181 random vibration table.

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