IceCube
IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Deployment

DOM on a string

DOM on a string

Item Information

  • Date: 12/06/2006
  • File Format: application/pdf
  • Alternate Format: image/jpeg
  • Description:
    To be deployed into the ice, each DOM gets a harness which is attached by yale grips to the main cable. An electrical connection between the DOM and the surface is provided by connecting the DOM penetrator to a break out in the cable.

    DOM_illust_color_big

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DOM on a stringDOMs ready for deploymentDOMs ready to be deployedDOMs ready to be deployedDeployment weight stack
Attaching weight stackAttaching electrical cablesAttached DOMAttached DOMAttaching the electrical cables
Attaching the electrical cablesDOM descendingFirst DOM down the holeDescending DOMAttaching the first DOM
Connecting a DOM20051226T013529_S29-24_0179_TP5P0613_DOM_orientation.jpgBatch 18 Jan_ 2005 287.jpgFrigophobia descendingDemophobia descending
Frigophobia descendingDemophobia descendingDemophobia descending . . .Frigophobia still descendingDescending . . .
Dwindling DOMsEmptied DOM storageDeployment teamTurning on the string