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Time-lapse of solar array assembly

Time-lapse of solar array assembly

Yesterday we built up body-fixed solar panel number 2. We took a time-lapse video of the process and it turned out pretty cool! Bena Mero and James Mason did this assembly. It took about 8 hours in total, 5 hours of which is shown in this time-lapse, compressed down to 46 seconds.

Time Lapse Body Fixed Flight Panel 002 Assembly

 

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The Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS)

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