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CASCADES - Update - January 6, 2005

Currently the payloads are being built up. These contain the instruments that will make measurements after the rocket has been launched.

Here are some photos of the payload being built up. In this picture you can see the PFF in the middle

The PFF slides out of the side of the rocket and then continues on, it is similar to the way a frisbee is thrown. These intruments have particle detectors in them, so as they fly they electrons enter the instruments and are measured. In this picture the PFF is in the foreground and the electron detector is in the background towards the left.