After a successful and on schedule delivery of the payload by the Caltech and JPL SPHEREx team to BAE Systems in Boulder, CO, the final assembly or the SPHEREx spacecraft has began. In the picture below, you can see two of the three SPHEREx photon shields attached. Hidden inside the photon shield and invisible in this picture lie the SPHEREx telescope and instruments. The conic photon shields will protect the telescope from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth.
SPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passed its vibe test at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.
Read MoreSPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passes its acoustic test.
Read MoreSPHEREx observatory is now installed in the Titan Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test Chamber at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.
Read MoreThe SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.
Read MorePhil Korngut tests NASA’s SPHEREx telescope under extreme conditions in the SPHEREx laboratory in California.
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