The Opal flight antennas are installed into the flight structure.
 
 

Jenn and Guttorm work on antenna attachment. Once the antennas are attached, the top and bottom panels cannot removed without extreme disassembly.

Guttorm works on the bottom antennas.

Guttorm works on the bottom antennas. The square plate in the middle of the solar panel is titanium and prevents the the LVI spring from damaging the panel.

Jenn and Guttorm work on antennas.

Guttorm and Jamie work on antennas.

Guttorm, the antenna guru, works on antennas. Without him we would have been lost!

Jenn tightens the antennas mounts.

Jenn tightens the antennas mounts.

Jenn shows up a finished pair of antennas. Two down. Two more to go. Good job Jenn!

Opal with two antennas. They are longer than normal and will be trimmed during antennas tuning.

Guttorm attaches the LVI to Opal.

Close up of antennas mount.

View of bottom solar panel with antennas attached.

View of bottom solar panel with antennas attached.

Top panel with one antenna.

Top panel with one antenna.

Top panel with two antennas.

Top panel with two antennas.

Top panel with two antennas.

Opal with two antennas.

Guttorm poses with finished antennas.

Opal with all four antennas. The side solar panels are off to the left.

Side view of Opal

For of Opal solar panels waiting for attachment.

Close up of side solar panel.

Back side of a side solar panel. The mess of wires in the middle is the diode protection circuitry (the small blue dots). The diodes prevented abnormal current flow in case of solar panel failure.

Front of a side panel. A plexi glass protective is on top of it.

Underside of top panel. The green, red, and black wires is the magnetometer harness. The white and orange wires are the harness from the solar panels. The blue squar on the right is the diode protection circuitry.

Uh, the door of 150, our work room. Notice the fine yellow doors.