EIS STATUS J.L. Culhane 3rd February, 2003
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW Solar-B MTM Spacecraft at ISAS for Vibration Tests
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW Solar-B – Removal from Thermal Test Chamber
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW Solar-B – Leaving Test Area
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW NRL Activities Flight optical elements and gratings now at NRL Multilayer coating of one flight mirror and grating completed Work carried out by David Windt at Columbia University Performance tests at Brookhaven Synchrotron Light Source have verified response to be within better than 10% of nominal Remaining flight optical elements coated at Columbia Final selection of flight units to be made after testing
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW Synchrotron Light Source (SLS) Monochromator Samples Reference Points
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW EIS M1 Mirror Reflectance Measurements
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW EIS FL7 Grating Reflectance Measurements Long Wavelength (Band A) Short Wavelength (Band B)
SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW CCD Quantum Efficiency Measurements Representative CCD from the flight batch will be measured Testing will take place at the Brookhaven SLS in the period 11 – 15 November Chris McFee will use the NRL beamline and monochromator with NRL assistance New Test Mid Feb 2003.