{"id":115387,"date":"2020-04-07T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=115387"},"modified":"2020-08-07T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T21:25:05","slug":"satellite-research-clean-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/07\/satellite-research-clean-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential satellite research, development continues in ‘clean room’"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Miguel inside the dynamic testbed, constructing an experiment structure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa transitions to all online classes, some research at the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology<\/a> (HIGP<\/abbr>) has continued via online conferencing, and going into the lab only for essential work in a safe space known as the “clean room”. Researchers developing two satellites continue their work with the hope of sticking to Neutron-1’s original satellite launch<\/a> schedule of September 2020.<\/p>\n

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Yosef integrating the Neutron-1 satellite without the satellite’s structural outer shell.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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Eric testing the connection between two pins on an electrical interfacing cable.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

The Hawaiʻi<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory<\/a> (HSFL<\/abbr>) is building and testing two satellites known as Neutron-1, a neutron detection mission, and Hyperspectral Thermal Imager, a 糖心视频<\/abbr> satellite chosen for a NASA<\/abbr> space mission. These tests are conducted in a state-of-the-art clean room for small satellites. The clean room is the facility where the final phase of integration and testing of the flight hardware can be conducted, due to the climate-controlled clean environment.<\/p>\n

Researchers can enter the clean room wearing clean room suits, hairnets, boots, gloves and beard masks, to conduct essential work.<\/p>\n

“We are dedicated to protecting each other from this virus, but we are also dedicated to protecting our organization, and our society as a whole, by maintaining our productivity,” said HSFL<\/abbr> Lead Software Engineer Eric Pilger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n