Juice RIME antenna deployment progresses.

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The deployment of Juice's ice-penetrating RIME antenna has been delayed due to an issue with the mounting bracket. Teams at ESA's mission control center are working to free the radar, which is currently partially extended but still stowed away. The current leading hypothesis is that a tiny stuck pin is preventing the antenna's release. Various options are being considered to nudge the instrument out of its current position. The RIME instrument is one of ten on board ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, set to investigate the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants and the formation of our Solar System.
Work continues to deploy Juice RIME antenna European Space Agency
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