- front straylight baffle dismounted => work by Suzanne
- electrical check by Yuri on the RH mount after the extraction of the CP mount done yesterday)
- gradual disassembling of the paylaod
- mirror brought into the Cl.1 hood
- careful cleaning of the various parts of the payload (fused silica dust and small pieces of glass)
- readjustment of the marionette position into the cage (preparation to the suspension operations)
further preparatory Crosschecks
- magnets ready for the HCB for both NI and WI
- steel plates lambda/10 polished to HCB the upper anchors ready, for both NI and WI
In Fig 1: dismounting the parts (in the background the RH mounts
In Fig.2: the various parts into the Cl1. hood. You notice the present CP into its round mount set in vertical., the dismounted mirror, and the box with the spare NI mirror that will be assembled into the paylaod. The two spare CPs are also seen into their boxes (the new ears under HCB hardening can be also noticed)
Precious the collaboration of Buggiani and Bazzi, with the prompt help provided under our request.
- Extraction of WI payload Monday 18/5
- Suspension of NI Mirror to the marionette 22/5
- integration of NI paylaod into the NI tower 23 or more reasonably 25/5 + 1 day to VAC
- Suspension of WI Nirror to the marionette 3/6
- Integration of WI paylaod into the NI tower 6/6 + 2 days to VAC
The seed planning will be modified according to this outline pivoting on VAC and TCS availability.