July 18, 2002

• Vibration and shock testing of the spacecraft has been successfully completed.
• Current activities center around post-vibration alignment verification, solar array deployment checks, and preparation for spacecraft thermal vac testing (currently scheduled for 8/3-8/23).
• -A Ground Operations Working Group Meeting (GOWG) was held on July 9th and 10th at the KSC launch complex in Florida. The focus of the meeting was a presentation of launch facilities that will be involved in the support of the SORCE launch and a continuation of launch operations planning for the December 1, 2002 launch.