SeaWiFS Receiving Station Installation

The pictures below were taken during the installation of the SeaWiFS Receiving Station on August 26, 1997 at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The crane
arrives		Attaching the lift
straps to the
pedestal		Starting to hoist
the pedestal

The pedestal on
the way up		Swinging into
position		Final
alignment

A perfect
match		Tightening the
attachment
bolts		The ladder
is next

Hauling the radome
into position		Attaching the
lift straps
to the radome		The radome
on the way up

The crane
operator and
the radome		Almost thereLining up
with the
pedestal

Six feet
to go		Aligning the
attachment
bolts		Contact

Removing the
lift straps		The completed
assembly		The antenna on
the roof (far right)
of Buillding 28

Burt watching
the first data
acquisition		The first AVHRR
overpass acquired
at 18:24 GMT
Just Waiting
for SeaWiFS now!

See the upgrade to the SeaWiFS Receiving Station
at NASA/GSFC on May 4, 1998

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