Gondola Mounting Action (Featuring Cryostat)

Update 22 June 2010: I’ve added some images acquired from Juan’s camera (of the evening’s barbecue).

The scoop and star cameras were removed yesterday. This was to facilitate gyro box orientation tests, and for mounting the cryostat. Also mounted were the receiver crate, DAS (data acquisition system), a new photodiode sun sensor, a transmitter, and the magnetometer was given a mount.

Some noise and polarization tests were done before the cryostat’s journey, and culminated with bursting the expensive polarizing grid.

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