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One tray |
Vibration table in Centrotecnica used for environmental vib test on trays |
2001-2003: Tray on the
vibration table |
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| Thermal chamber used for thermal tests on trays |
Trays thermal test set up (started in 2001) |
Assembly of pre-engineering model tower at SLAC (California) - February 2002 |
Assembly of the pre-engineering model tower at SLAC |
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Vibration test of the pre-engineering model tower at NASA-Ames
(CA, February 2002) |
A tower formed by
a stack of 19 trays |
Tower on a vibration table in Alenia laboratories in Rome
(Dec 2003-September 2005) |
Set-up of first thermal vacuum test on engineering model tower
(January 2004) |
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Thermal vacuum tests
on flight towers
(March 2004-September 2005) |
Thermal Vacuum test
set up |
Cut of the Thermal Blanket for the Thermal vacuum
test set up |
Thermal Vacuum test
set up |
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| Thermal Vacuum test for towers 4 and 5 |
Calibration Unit (CU) used for Beam Test @ CERN (August-September 2006)
and GSI (November 2006) |
Beam Test Set-up Area
at CERN PS |
Beam Test Set-up Area
at CERN SPS |
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| CU at CERN-SPS |
Experimental area at
CERN SPS |
Installation of the first Tracker Tower on the GRID
(April 2005) |
2nd Tracker Tower installed in the Grid (April 2005) |
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6 Tracker towers integrated
into the GRID |
16 Tracker towers integrated into the Grid |
LAT without ACD |
One real event collected during the Ground Cosmic-Ray Test
after assembly |
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| One module of LAT Calorimeter |
One tile of the Anti-Coincidence Detector (ACD) |
The assembled ACD |
The assembled ACD |
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| Observatory assembled |
Observatory assembled at General Dynamics (GD) |
GLAST Observatory at GD |
GLAST Observatory goes to NRL (Washington DC)
for final Environmental Testing
(November 2007) |
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The truck carrying the Delta II arrives at
Kennedy Space Center |
Delta 2 rocket at its arrival
at KSC |
Delta II at the launch pad |
GLAST spacecraft |
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| Delta II rocket's second stage is put in place |
GLAST Observatory at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
during assembly in
Delta II rocket |
GLAST Observatory in
the Delta II rocket |
Delta II is closed:
GLAST Under Wraps |
