Flight construction on Opal continues. This is the first full assembly of the satellite to verify structural alignment.
 
 

Carlos works on the bottome solar panel integration. Due to the LVI, we did not come up with a good way to build a bottom solar panel protector. It was bare and therefore susceptible to damage.

The fully assembled power tray. The dangling wires lead to higher trays. The six bare connectors on the right are for solar panels.

Another view of the bottom tray.

Another view of the bottom tray.

Another view of the bottom tray.

Jamie works on final assembly of the top tray. The bright white cabling is the RF radio wiring.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly.

View of Opal during final assembly. The top panel has been attached with the magnetometer. The panels are not complete since they do not have the solar panel face sheets attached.

View of Opal during final assembly.

Front view of Opal during assembly.

Side view of Opal. This is a good view of the wiring harnesses.

Internal view of Opal during final integration.

Closeup of internal view of Opal. Many of the wiring harnesses can be seen.

Internal view of Opal. The long white wires are the coax cabling for the antenna system. They have not been trimmed and fitted yet.

Closeup of two of Opal's external plugs. The top one is the arming plug for the pico launcher. The bottom one is the external power/recharge connector.

Carlos assembles a solar panel. He is working on the diode isolation circuitry of the panels.

Labeling of magnetometer axises. And I'm not sure it's correct!

XXX from XXX examine Opal.

XXX from XXX examine Opal.