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Engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, are
building the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA. Assembly and testing
of the spacecraft are underway in preparation for launch from Cape
Canaveral, Fla., in August 2005 aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle. In late
October 2004, the spacecraft was moved from the High Bay clean room
(shown here) into the Reverberant Acoustic Lab, where system environmental
testing will continue through March 2005. The testing includes modal
survey (which involves measuring spacecraft modes and frequencies),
electronic compatibility testing, acoustic testing (which simulates sound
vibrations that the spacecraft will experience during launch), shock and
deployment tests, and thermal vacuum testing.
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NASA/JPL/Lockheed Martin
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