European Space Agency: deployment of Jupiter probe JUICE failed due to radar antenna failure

CTOnews.com April 29 news, According to CCTV news report, European Space Agency said that the previously launched "Jupiter Ice Satellite Detector (JUICE)" carried by the "Ice Satellite Detection Radar"(RIME) antenna failed when deployed, Has not been successfully deployed as planned.

ESA said that the radar antenna is only partially deployed at present, and the deployment length is about one-third of the design length. The failure may be caused by the antenna being stuck by a small needle.

However, the radar antenna still shows signs of activity every day, and the European Space Agency will take two months to solve this problem and debug other instruments and equipment on board the detector.

According to CTOnews.com, JUICE is Europe's first Jupiter probe, developed by the European Space Agency and built by Airbus as a whole, with the goal of exploring Jupiter's three main moons: Ganymede, Ganymede and Europa.

It should be noted that JUICE's launch is very delicate, and it must be put into a very precise orbit of the sun so that it can return to Earth next year, using the gravity of the Earth and the moon to help accelerate it to Jupiter.