Japan's ETS-VIII deploys large reflector antenna

Japan's Engineering Test Satellite VIII (ETS-VIII) is on its way to a nominal mission after deploying a pair of complicated antenna reflectors, each the size of a tennis court. Telemetry and images from onboard cameras confirmed the deployment of the two identical antennas - one for sending and one...

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