In aerospace, Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations (ATLO), also known as Mission System Integration and Test (MSIT) is the phase of a spacecraft project that comprises building the spacecraft, testing it, and getting it launched.[1]
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Pictured to the right is John Wirth (left) and Kieran McKay (right) at Kennedy Space Center with ISS-RapidScat, the radar scatterometer which was built at JPL. Specifically, they were testing the rotating radar's capabilities at the Space Station Processing Facility.[2]
References
edit- ^ Steven W. Squyres (2005). ROVING MARS: SPIRIT, OPPORTUNITY, AND THE EXPLORATION OF THE RED PLANET. Hyperion. pp. 142. ISBN 1-4013-0149-5.
- ^ "NASA Image and Video Library". NASA Image and Video Library. Retrieved 2024-02-14.