The main purpose of the meeting was to check the functionality and operation of the new Pille reader and the recently repaired TRITEL Interface Unit to be delivered to ISS. Besides the new Pille reader device and the TRITEL Interface Unit, 8 new Pille detectors (dosimeters) were handed over by the Hungarian colleagues to the Russian specialists. The units are now ready for final acceptance tests at RSC Energia.
Istvan Apathy (left), principal investigator and engineer of the Pille-ISS system hands over the new Pille system to RSC Energia engineer Igor D. Sturov (right)
Attila Hirn (left), principal investigator and researcher of the TRITEL-RS system hands over the new TRITEL Interface Unit to RSC Energia leading engineer Gennady A. Shmatov (right)