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OPAL General Meeting Agenda - October 28, 1998 
Minutes are in italics. 

Announcements 

  • Anyone interested in web development?  Amy, David, and Scott are interested.  They will talk to Jamie about it.
Subsystem Discussion 
  • General
    • Budgets due.  Hopefully they will be done this.  Preliminary budgets were turned in by everyone.
    • Any word on when Darpa money will arrive? No word on when.
  • System Integration 
    • Update on OGIWED work. 
    • Summary of pico lines and available lines.
    • Delivery of new pico harness requirements
    • Accelerometer harness available?
  • Accelerometers / Magnetometer
    • Update. Next design meeting will be on Friday at 8:30.  Work is progressing.
    • Need to send update to Joe Carroll.
    • Prototype by end of quarter.  Develop a schedule.
  • Communications 
    • FCC Approval.  Prof. Twiggs update.  Keep reminding him. Twiggs is meeting with FCC guy next Thursday.
  • Launch Interface 
    • Update.  NEA actuators arrived.  Work will begin on making a new one for Opal.  Eric will do Pro E drawings for the interface.  Action item list needs to be developed.  A design meeting will be set up to discuss these.
  • Picosatellite Launcher 
    • Update.  Everything on track.
    • Summary of launcher instrumentation delivered.   First draft in documenation directory.
  • Power 
    • Update.  Twiggs will check up on glue.  Alternate turn on sequences from JAWSAT.
    • Any news from Lockheed? Nothing yet.
  • Structure 
    • Update.  Mass model looking good.
  • Testing  
    • Update.  David's testing procedure available.  Conversation with Lockheed/Loral will continue.
  • JAWSAT
    • PIWG/CDR coming up.
    • Update on trickle charge requirements
    • Need to brainstorm ideas on possible power on in case Opal does not separate.
  • Ops
    • Update