The HDR at JPL , which services several ACTS experiments, has been installed and is in the process of being debugged. The HDR in Hawaii is in the process of being installed at the Tripler Medical Center in Honolulu to service a remote medical diagnostics experiment and our Keck experiment. At the current time (November 1995), the DS3 link between Honolulu and Hale Pohaku is operational, the link between Caltech and JPL is operational, and efforts to debug the HDR at JPL are underway. By January 1, 1996, we expect the network to be operating and fully debugged. Remote operation from Waimea on the Big Island of Hawaii , the location of the Keck headquarters, to the Keck Telescope will be routine and efficient, while remote operation of the telescope and its instruments from California when the satellite is available should have begun by then as well.
The W.M.Keck Observatory is operated as a scientific partnership between the California Institute of Technology and the University of California. It was made possible by the generous gift of the W. M. Keck Foundation, and the support of its president, Howard Keck. This project is being supported by NASA under grant BK-509-20-42-00-00 to JPL .