Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera shipping container design and lessons learned

Diane Hascall; Margaux Lopez; Antone Bullock; Travis Lange; Martin Nordby; Kevin Reil

doi:10.1117/12.2575767

13 December 2020 Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera shipping container design and lessons learned

Diane Hascall, Margaux Lopez, Antone Bullock, Travis Lange, Martin Nordby, Kevin Reil

Proceedings Volume 11449, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VIII; 114490A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2575767
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

In late 2021, the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera will be shipped from SLAC National Laboratory in California to Cerro Pach´on in Chile. The Camera shipping container, designed based on lessons learned from previous shipments, is a standard 20 ft steel container retrofitted with a vibration-isolation system and insulation. This modified container will be shipped with a Camera mass surrogate from SLAC to the summit in early 2021 in order to verify as many aspects of the procedure and hardware as possible. Results from this preliminary shipment will guide further improvements to the shipping process prior to the shipment of the LSST Camera.

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Diane Hascall, Margaux Lopez, Antone Bullock, Travis Lange, Martin Nordby, and Kevin Reil "Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera shipping container design and lessons learned", Proc. SPIE 11449, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VIII, 114490A (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2575767

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