SIRTF Telescope Checked
April 2000: Preparing for Vibration Testing!!
The picture shows the
Cryogenic Telescope Assembly
(CTA) in the last stages of integration preparatory to vibration testing.
Technicians at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (Boulder, CO)
help in mounting a telescope mass model on the
cryostat.
The cryostat is filled with Super Fluid Helium.
