ESA Working Issue With JUICE Antenna Deployment

Credit: ESA
A 52.5-ft.-long antenna for the ice-penetrating radar instrument aboard the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has failed to fully deploy and remains anchored in its mounting bracket, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on April 28. “Teams at ESA’s Mission Control Center in Darmstadt...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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