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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