spaceflight, #ESA 28/04/2023 #Juice’s ice-penetrating #RIME antenna 📡 is #stuck at a third of its full intended length. The next steps to fully deploy the antenna include an engine burn to #shake the #spacecraft a little followed by a series of rotations that will turn Juice, #warming 🌡️up the mount and radar, which are currently in the cold shadows. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Work_continues_to_deploy_Juice_RIME_antenna
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