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CUBIC Photo Gallery

These pictures show the CUBIC instrument during fabrication at Penn State, integration into the SAC-B satellite at INVAP in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, and testing at INPE-LIT in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.

Larger versions of these images are available in GIF or JPEG format. (Clicking on a highlighted icon will get the GIF version, if available.)



The CUBIC Instrument

This photo shows the CUBIC instrument on our cleanbench following assembly and before delivery to Argentina. 184K jpg ; 18K jpg



The CUBIC "Focal Plane"

This photo shows a close-up of the CUBIC "focal plane" assembly. 231K gif; 25K jpg



The CUBIC Analog Electronics Box

This photo shows a close-up of the CUBIC analog electronics box, which processes the video signals from the CCDs as well as analog housekeeping signals from the entire instrument.



The CUBIC Power Supply Board

This photo shows a close-up of the CUBIC Power Supply Board.



The CUBIC Digital Electronics

This photo shows part of the layout for one of the CUBIC digital electronics boards. 221K jpg ; 47K jpg



Flowcoating the CUBIC Electronics Boards

This photo shows Roland Green flowcoating the CUBIC electronics boards.



The CUBIC Camera

This photo shows the CUBIC CCD camera.



SAC-B/CUBIC

This is a photograph of the CUBIC instrument mounted on top of the SAC-B satellite. 126K gif; 15K jpg



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Photos of the SAC-B satellite are also available.




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