Status of the Project 1. An addendum to the Qualification Review took place in July and highlighted unsolved worries on the functionality of the solar array. A plan of action has been discussed and started with the relevant contractor. The first ground segment compatibility test with NASA's ground system took place as planned in June with success. The lessons learned and some delays exposed in this exercise are being used to control and plan the ongoing activities in the preparation of the SOHO operations.
Discussions are ongoing on the revised vibration levels required by the launcher.
UVCS, which suffered some problems in June-July, has recently demonstrated a marked improvement according to the revised recovery schedule. The progress of EIT integration and test activity is excellent. After a status meeting on 15 November it seems that the Solid State Detector production problems are solved. Other instruments have been having some finishing touches to their sensors, elements which showed problems changed, or changes in software are being made. At this stage of the ongoing assessment of the proposals it appears that the three institutions will in principle be able to provide the archive.