HETG Status, June 1998

• HETG Installed in Telescope
  
  
  
  
• HETG Survived the S/C Acoustic Test
  
  
  
  
• OTG Insertion Mechanisms have_been / will_be (7/22) Tested
  
  
  • "first motion" test produces slight motion while grating is launch locked
    
    
  • Engineering signals monitor the grating mechanisms, including ROTATION ANGLE POSITION
  
  
  
• XRCF Calibration Data Analysis Continues...
  
  
  • HETG Ground Calibration Report Due 7/29/98
    
    
  • --> HETG Calibration Results Examples
  
  
  
• Planning for HETG First-light - "Orbital Activation"
  
  
  • --> HETG Plate Focus Simulation
  
  
  

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