"ESA Resolves JUICE Radar Antenna Issue"
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The radar instrument on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, called Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME), has not fully deployed its 16-meter antenna as expected in the week after its April 13 launch. Engineers suspect that a pin in the antenna is stuck, keeping the antenna stowed. ESA is considering other measures to deploy the antenna. JUICE, which will arrive in the Jupiter system in 2031, is one of ESA’s flagship science missions.
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