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OPAL General Meeting Agenda - February 16, 1999
Minutes are in italics.

Announcements

  • Soldering/Harness party on Wednesday for pico and accel circuitry
  • Can we put a phone in 150?
Subsystem Discussion
  • General
    • Parts list for flight hardware:  bolts, spacers, connectors, etc.
    • Darpa money?
    • Flight hardware review with Sandy
  • System Integration 
    • Ogiwed updates, printouts, and electronic copies.
  • Accelerometers / Magnetometer
    • Ops guide.   
    • Move temp sensor to power regulators.
  • Communications 
    • Set up time to meet with mentorst. 
    • Test beacon with beacon receiving station
    • Fix up portable radio and get a system going
    • Figure out TNC initial transmit problem
  • CPU
    • Mux line code change for picos
    • Rewire Woody Allen CPU to handle new changes
    • Swap in new CPU chip
    • Figure out TNC initial transmit problem
  • Launch Interface 
    • Design brackets to depress Opal sep switches.
  • Picosatellite Launcher 
    • Work through delivery dates. 
    • Order flight tubes
    • Check on NEA order
    • Update on launcher instrumentation.
  • Power 
    • Solar panel update?  Need people to help with panels.
    • Set up flight power tray in clean room
  • Structure 
    • Do we need to rebuild the pieces that at Weber?
    • Transport case for Opal needs to be designed and built
    • Cover sheets for solar panels
  • Testing  
    • Update. 
  • JAWSAT
    • Update
    • Pico integration at last moment?  Check on that date.
    • Antennas.
    • Trickle charge...may need to build our own especially for pre launch pad waiting at Weber
  • Ops
    • Update. 
    • Read it!  http://ssdl.stanford.edu/squirt1/ops/mog.html 
    • S:\briguy\OPAL\OPAL mission ops.doc
    • Test routine for each subsystem