WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 11 OCTOBER 2002:
GMA INSTALLED ON SPACE VEHICLE
After use in a series of engineering spin up tests at Stanford, the GMA was delivered to Lockheed Martin. The GMA was installed on the space vehicle.
Currently the system is being pumped on to support a leak check and subsequent flow test operations.
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POST-ACOUSTIC SOLAR ARRAY OPERATIONS COMPLETED
After completing the acoustic test, the 4 solar arrays were successfully tested for first motion. The solar arrays were then removed from the space vehicle.
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED POST-ACOUSTIC FUNCTIONAL TEST ANALYSIS
The A and B side post-acoustic tests were successfully completed. The test demonstrated that all of the electronic boxes and cables remained
fully functional following acoustic test.