Wide Field Camera 3
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Project Updates 1998

December

First CCD characterizations successfully completed (using a sample ACS CCD detector).

Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) meeting at SCScI.

November

Detector characterization lab readout electronics functional.

October

Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) meeting at GSFC.

August

Detailed metrology of the WF/PC (1) hardware begins according to the metrology plan.

A study to determine WFC3 instrument options begins.

July

Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) meeting at STScI.

June

The WF/PC (1) hardware arrives at GSFC. Hardware is kept at the Building 29 HST cleanroom.