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Lou McFadin, W5DID, is involved in work on the following modules:
- Magnetorquer rods
- Power switching system
(This is the system
which connects the power from the batteries, the
BCR
(Battery Charge Regulators and the power busses to the entire spacecraft)
- High Current Sensors
(These telemeter the battery and various bus
current to the ground)
- Arc jet engine (ATOS) Gas generator heater
controller
- LIU
- SEU
- wiring harness for the spacecraft
Lou is managing the P3D
Laboratory in Orlando/Florida. That task includes everything from
planing the work on P3D to managing the volunteers working at the
lab.
He also is the P3D integration manager. That means he is responsible
for seeing to it that all the various systems really will play together when
they arrive.
Last but not least, he is taking out the trash when necessary.
Last updated: May 3, 1996
by Ralf Zimmermann, DL1FDT