Kudos to All. The satellite is scheduled for launch in 2000 and is a combined effort of NASA and Japan's Institute for Space and Astronautical Science. With Astro-E data, scientists hope for new insights into the history of the universe.
Wires terminate at wirewrap pins to allow annealing before epoxy is applied.
The ADR team expects to make at least two more units. SSEC's ADR Program Manager Bob Paulos said that precise astrophysics measurements can benefit greatly from this new design. His graduate assistant Steve Diker provided instructions for making the salt pill, which he has used in astrophyiscs experiments on high-altitude sounding rockets. At SSEC, Tony Wendricks and Dave Jones painstakingly grow the salt pill and monitor all stages of ADR development. UW-Madison's Physical Sciences Laboratory machine and test parts, especially machine shop manager Bill Cotter, machinist Tim Sailor, precision welders Ron Smith and John Stine.