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Opal Flight Construction - April 20, 1999
Flight construction continues. Picosatellite circuitry is installed and Carlos works on the power system.

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Flight picosatellite circuitry. It's coated in RTV to protect against launch vibrations.
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Another view of flight picosatellite circuitry.
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Another view of flight picosatellite circuitry.
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Another view of flight picosatellite circuitry.
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Flight Opal is some semblance of assembly. The picosatellite circuitry is the box in the middle tray.
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Flight Opal is some semblance of assembly.
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Front view of picosatellite ejection tubes.
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Side view of partially assembled Opal.
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The opposite side of Opal.
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The bottom tray, the power tray, with handles attached.
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Carlos Garcia Sacristan poses with his baby, the power tray.
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Carlos carefully attaches the launch vehicle interface (LVI) to the bottom solar panel.
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