Code 560 operates two assembly labs and a PWB layout lab. Work performed in the assembly labs ranges from ground-support equipment development and test hardware to complete flight packages. Both labs are staffed by flight-certified personnel with an average of 10 to 13 years’ experience.

Assembly Facility 1 is in GSFC Building 23, Room E108. Specialized equipment includes a Vitronics SMD-722/32 IR reflow oven with 12-inch side PWB capability, a 1616D stencil solder paste application machine, an IR rework machine, and an Austin American X30C cleaning machine. Recent projects supported are GLAS, MAP, WARP, Swift, MLA, and the Gamma-ray Large-Area Space Telescope (GLAST).

Assembly Facility 2 is in GSFC Building 16, Room S10. Specialized equipment includes a Microtech lead-forming and trimming machine. Recent projects include IRAC/Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), Gamma-ray Spectrometer (GRS)/MARS 2001, and WARP/Earth Observing 1 (EO-1).

Larry Pack, Code 562 Staff Engineer, 301.286.5318.

Sherry Warner, OSC Senior Manufacturing Engineer, 301.286.3940.

Karim Iman, OSC Program Manager/MEDS and Blanket Purchase Agreements, 301.867.0004.

James Hager, OSC Program Manager/MSES, 301.902.1150.