Polar
Visible Imaging System (VIS)
Photo Gallery

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Thumbnail Name Size Brief Description
Despun Despun 136 kB The Polar spacecraft with a view of the Despun platform with its imaging instruments.
Refurb Refurb 174 kB The Polar spacecraft during the final refurbisment by the different investigations.
Therm Vac Polar Thermal Vacuum Testing 231 kB The Polar spacecraft and instruments in the large thermal vacuum chamber at the Locheed Martin Astro Space East Windsor facility.
VAFB Final VAFB Staging 107 kB Polar and its instruments at the Vandenberg Air Force Base final assembly facility.
Gantry Polar on Launch Gantry 62 kB Polar on the Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Gantry.
Delta Polar/Delta 31 kB A pre-launch photo of the Polar spacecraft stack before its February 24, 1996 launch date.
VIS The VIS with Group Pose 58 kB A May 1995 photo of the Visible Imaging System on a cleanroom bench. L-R: Jon Harvey, Mohammed Zahid, James A. Van Allen, John Sigwarth
VIS The VIS 108 kB A pre-launch photo of the Visible Imaging System on a cleanroom bench before its February 24, 1996 launch date.
VIS The VIS (rotated) 83 kB A pre-launch photo of the Visible Imaging System on a cleanroom bench before its February 24, 1996 launch date.
VIS The Polar Platform 129 kB A pre-launch photo of the Polar Platform instruments with the Visible Imaging System clearly visible in the center of the photo.
Electronics Electronics Stack 97 kB The Visible Imaging System on a cleanroom bench for installation of the 9-board electronics stack.
VIS Bottom View VIS Bottom 96 kB A pre-thermal vacuum test photo of the Visible Imaging System's bottom with thermal sensors installed.
VIS on Delta VIS on Delta 42 kB The Visible Imaging System on the top of the Delta launch vehicle before its February 24, 1996 launch date.
Polar on Delta Polar on Delta 155 kB The Polar spacecraft platform on the top of the Delta launch vehicle before its February 24, 1996 launch date.

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