Yesterday BLAST went outside to test things that don’t work inside: sun sensors, GPS, and telemetry. Notably, this required Tiny Tim—everybody’s favourite behemoth of a launch vehicle.
Sun sensor flashlighting
To see if they're alive. One was not
The pinhole sun sensors
There's one more on the front
(Wo)Man lift
Joseph brought it in to attach his dGPS antenna. We got him to help with the solar panels too
Rearranged highbay
To make room for the lift
What's that rumbling, coming around the corner?
Tiny Tim!
And Vic. Vic rumbles less
Tiny Tim
Barely fitting in front of the highbay door
Entering the door
With its orange forky-bit
Cable adjustment
The original suspension cables were too long
Ladder hold
Elio holds the ladder as we swap from the crane to Tim
Correct attire
Pretty flawless, in fact
Fully attached to Tim
Wood drives
Coming outside
Lots of room to spare
Wrestling with the solar panels
To finish getting out the door. We learned from this and removed the bottom panel before coming inside
Outside
Laura and Elio guide into position
More guiding
In portrait
Vic directing
I think he's indicating "lower"
Mike and Larry wrestle the deadman into place
Sohisticated high-gain antenna pointing system
Empty highbay
Sun sensors
Sensing the sun!
Hanging out
Tiny Tim and BLAST-Pol
The front of BLAST-Pol
The side-ier front of BLAST-Pol
Tim's backside
Hook, pivot, antennas
Spy hole
We leave the door open a crack to see that BLAST hasn't blown away
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