Photographs of ACE and SEPICA

SEPICA Colimator, Analyer, and Proportional Counter

Labeled drawings of the SEPICA Collimator, Analyzer, and Proportional Counter

 SEPICA Detector Components

Labeled drawings of the SEPICA Detector Components
S3DPU: Data Processor for the SEPICA Instrument SEPICA`s Data Processing Unit

Rear View of SEPICA: High Voltage Supply (left) E-Box (middle) Isobutane Tank (right)

 Rear View of SEPICA
Preparation for Spacecraft Integration at GSFC

Preparation for integration at GSFC.
Thermal Radiator, Test Manifold, & Aperture Visible

 Early ACE Integration at APL Early ACE Integration at APL
SEPICA during the hoist onto the spacecraft... SEPICA during the hoist onto the spacecraft

...and after its installation.

SEPICA after its installation
Final integration of the S3DPU at KSC

S3DPU Final Integration at Kennedy Space Center

 Isobutane valve knob removal

Isobutane Valve Knob Removal
SEPICA on ACE

SEPICA on NASA's ACE Observatory
ACE and the Delta II on the night before the launch

ACE, within its Delta II launch vehicle, on the night before the launch...

 Liftoff of ACE on its Delta II launch vehicle

... and liftoff! (after a one-day delay caused by unauthorized boats in the Kennedy Space Center's waters)

More photographs of the ACE spacecraft, launch, and logo versions can be found at
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ace/gallery.html