The Artemis picosatellites are inserted into Opal at Weber State University.
 
 

Adelia XXX, student engineer from Santa Clara University, looks at Opal wondering if she's remebered everything. The Santa Clara picosatellites are in the Pottery Barn box on the table. There are two shake tables behind along the while.

Adelia smiles after loading their second picosatellite, Louise.

Adelia gets ready for flight out of San Jose to Utah.

Adelia closely guards the picosatellites.

Jamie and Adelia study the picosatellite antennas during loading. They are discussing a way to load the picosatellites without deploying the meter long VLF antennas. It wasn't easy.

Jamie prepares to run several tests on Opal.

Jamie prepares to run several tests on Opal.

Opal rests on table in clean room.

Opal rests on table in clean room. All solar panel protective covers are attached. The aluminum plate on the pico doors is a safety restraint system that will prevent picosatellite ejection in case of accidetnal firing of doors. The plastic bag taped to Opal's side contain the final arming plugs that will be attached before launch.

Opal rests on table in clean room.

Another picture of Opal on table in clean room. The large box behind Opal is the Optical Calibration Sphere, another payload onboard JAWSAT.

A final picture of Opal sitting on table.

Adelia carefully inserts the final Santa Clara picosatellite, Thelma.