Images taken during flight construction.
 
 

Opal's mass model recently returned from Weber State. It was supposed to be returned in December! Amy Chaput works happily in the back ground.

Close up of bent foot on mass model. Happened during shipping. Actually, this is key documentation information. We used it to remeber how the vehicle interface was oriented with respect to Opal (it's symmetric and there are two ways to mount it to Opal but only will match the holes on Jawsat).

The white board says it all.

The mass model of STENSAT.

Artemis' mass model.

Aerospace's mass model.

Artemis' VLF mass model.

Jamie Cutler assembles the flight version of the picosatellite launcher telemetry circuitry.

Guttorm and Jenn plan the wiring harness for the communication system.

Initial assembling of flight Opal. Notice the bent foot on the launch vehicle interface (LVI). The CPU and radio are on top. The launcher is in the middle with doors open.

Flight launcher cicuitry. The four large black transistors in the middle are the primary switch for firing the picosatellites.

The flight accelerometer circuitry.

The CPU tray exposed with cover off. Notice the mass of wires. This is only part of the wiring.

Sean and Jenn work on the wiring harness.

David Diaz works with the structure hardware.

The launcher during assembly. On the rear rail are six partially built reflective object sensors used to sense picosatellites in the tube. A fully built one is resting on the middle rails.

Most of the major components together on the flight Opal. This is the first time it's all put together.

Welcome to the jungle. Do we have what it takes?

And what a mess it was. It's amazing it all fit! This is flight Opal with some additional testing circuitry installed.

Side view is just as much a mess. The colorful ribbon cable on the left is simulating launch tube telemetry. The protoboard on the table is simulating the launching of pico tubes.

Carlos' masterpiece! This is the top solar panel plate becore attachment to the honeycomb panel.