1. EIS STATUS
J.L. Culhane
3rd February, 2003

2. SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW
Solar-B MTM Spacecraft at ISAS for Vibration Tests

3. SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW
Solar-B – Removal from Thermal Test Chamber

4. SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW
Solar-B – Leaving Test Area

5. 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

6. SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW
Synchrotron Light Source (SLS) Monochromator Samples
Reference
Points

7. SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW
EIS M1 Mirror Reflectance Measurements

8. SOLAR-B PROJECT OVERVIEW
EIS FL7 Grating Reflectance Measurements
Long Wavelength (Band A)
Short Wavelength (Band B)

9. 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.