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Mars express radar deployment postponed

Paris, France - The radar should be able to search possible water reservoirs in Mars subsurface

The MARSIS (mars advanced radar for subsurface and ionosphere soundings) team has advised ESA (European Space Agency) to delay the deployment of the MARSIS radar instrument on board Mars Express. The two main radar booms are 20-metre long hollow cylinders, of 2.5 centimetres diameter, folded up in a box like a concertina. When the box is opened, the elastic energy of the compressed glass-fibre booms...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 62624
Rome, Italy, 04/30/2004 18:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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