• Renderings
• Subsystems
• Payloads
• Opal Integration
• Testing
• Launch Integration
• Operations
• Engineering Model

Renderings

• Video of Opal rendered in space.
• Mission Patches
  • Opal Patch
  • Minotaur Patch 1
  • Minotaur Patch 2

Payloads

• Accelerometer Testbed
• Magnetometer Testbed
• Picosatellite Payload
  • Early days of the original launcher.
  • Prototype of the final launch mechanism.
  • Engineerig model of the final launcher.
  • One of the original single shot launchers.
  • Aerospace picosatellites.
  • STENSAT picosatellites.

Subsystems

• Communications
• CPU
• Power
• Structure

Testing

• Shake test of the engineering model.
• Final operational testing.
• More from the final outdoor testing.
• Shake test of flight model.
• Magnetometer testing in a Helmholz Chamber.
• Launcher functional tests.

Opal Integration

• March 1999 integration pictures.
• Opal and Sapphire together during integration.
• Loading picosats at Stanford.

• Opal Complete
• Color pictures of complete Opal.
• Opal Delivery Pictures - May 14, 1999!!!
• Utah - Artemis/Aerospace Insertion May 20 1999
• Flight construction photos
  • March 12, 1999
  • April 7, 1999
  • April 11, 1999
  • April 20, 1999
  • May 1, 1999
  • May 3, 1999
  • May 10, 1999
  • May 13, 1999
• Opal nears completion.
• Opal and Sapphire resting together.
• Visitors check out Opal.
• Final closing up of Opal.
• Opal, complete.
  • More photos.

• Integration of Opal to JAWSAT on June 23, 1999
  • More pictures during integration onto JAWSAT
• Insertion of Artemis picos at WSU.
  • More photos.
  • And even more.
• Delivery of Opal to WSU.
  • More delivery pictures.
• Post vibe testing at WSU
• Attachment of payloads to fourth stage at VAFB.
• Battery recharge on 12/27/1999.
  • Launch pad pictures.
  • More launch pad pictures.
  • Battery charging pictures.
  • More battery charging pictures.

Operations

• Photos from the ground station in June 1999
• Trip to Anchorage to check out a pontential second ground station.
• Rocket launch pictures.
• Opal's first contact.
• January 28, 2001 - Ops.
• January 30, 2001 - Ops.
• January 31, 2001 - Antenna Pointing.
• February 01, 2001 - Ops.
• February 02, 2001 - Ops (6:39pm).
• February 02, 2001 - Ops (8:08pm).
• February 02, 2001 - Ops (8:13pm).
• February 02, 2001 - Ops (8:19pm).
• February 03, 2001 - Ops.
• February 12, 2001 - Ops.
• Aerospace pico ops.
• Big Dish Ops.
• Scenes from the Big Dish.

Fun Stuff (You didn't think we were all work and no play! )

• Early days from 95.
• Early days from 96.
• Some of the original crew.