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\caption{Summary of instrument functional and scientific tests.} 
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\hline\hline
  {\bf Activity} & {\bf Facility} & {\bf Date} \\
  \hline
  Payload AIV & Thales Alenia Space Italia, Milano (Italy) & Dec. 2004--Oct. 2005 \\
  GRID Calibration & Laboratory Nazionali Frascati (Italy) & November 2005 \\
  Satellite AIV & Carlo Gavazzi Space, Tortona (Italy) & Dec. 2005--May 2006 \\
  Satellite Qualification & IABG, Munchen (Germany) & June-July 2006 \\
  Scientific Configuration finalization & Carlo Gavazzi Space, Tortona (Italy) & Aug.--Sept. 2006 \\
  Satellite refurbishment & Carlo Gavazzi Space, Tortona (Italy) & Oct.--Nov. 2006 \\
  Satellite AIV post-refurbishment & Carlo Gavazzi Space, Tortona (Italy) & December 2006 \\
  Super-A and MCAL-Burst calibrations & Carlo Gavazzi Space, Tortona (Italy) & January 2007 \\
  Sat. Qualification post-refurbishment & IABG, Munich
  (Germany)& Feb.-March 2007 \\
  Launch campaign   & ISRO  Space Center, Sriharikota
  (India) & April 2007 \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \end{table}