What kinds of problems can be encountered while building a satellite like IMAGE?
During August 1997, a ‘Mission Critical Design Review’ was held to go over the program status, the mission schedule and how well we were on track for a January 2000 launch, and an overview of the Request For Actions problems or ‘RFAs’ uncovered by the CDR process to date. Below is a table that indicates the number of RFAs that have been identified for each spacecraft component, and which must be addressed and solved in time for delivery of the spacecraft to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in January 1999.
