Equinox
Team 2004 HISTORY
EI originally started business in 1984 as a sole proprietorship under
the name Equinox Industries and was operated by Mr. Russell Mellon to
perform optical design and analysis consulting and small scale
optical instrument fabrication support. Notable projects from this
early period include a doppler LIDAR wind
field measurement instrument built for MontEdison
Spa of Turin Italy and a Tactical Airborne Laser Communications test brassboard built for the US Air Force at
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
ORGANIZATION

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Russell R. Mellon, President
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Dr. Joe Martin, Chief Scientist, Instruments
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David Crosson, Senior
Electrical Design Engineer
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Geoffrey W. O. Campbell, Electrical Engineer
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Jerry Cohea, Business Development
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Jeffrey Hayden, Systems Consultant
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Dr. Dan Ladner, Research & Development
Scientist
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Dave Street, Optical Engineering Specialist
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Tino Behr, Welding
Technology Manager
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FACILITIES
*PINECLIFFE WORKS - Pinecliffe CO
Fabrication and assembly - houses metals and glasses fabrication and
finishing equipment, assembly and test benches, and BRO Scatterometer
Luyten Observatory - houses optical
instrumentation test and check out area, telescope demonstration and
training, and the Luyten Telescope Assy.
*EQUINOX COSMIC HEADQUARTERS - Administrative Office - Pinecliffe,
CO
PO
Box 518
Pinecliffe, Colorado 80471-0518 USA
Phone: 303-886-8774
FAX: 303-642-7554
*DEEP SKY WORKS - Denver, CO
Deep Sky Black and Deep Sky Spaceship Black production facility
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