May 13, 2023 | Space mission
On 12 May RIME was finally jolted into life when the flight control team fired a mechanical device called a ‘non-explosive actuator’ (NEA), located in the jammed bracket. This delivered a shock that moved the pin by a matter of millimetres and allowed the antenna to...
May 12, 2023 | Highlight, Space mission
More than three weeks after efforts began to deploy JUICE’s ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, the 16-metre-long boom has finally escaped its mounting bracket. The images below were taken by MCSE’s JUICE Monitoring Camera. ©...
May 1, 2023 | Highlight, Space mission
JUICE’s stuck but moving RIME antenna is captured by MCSE’s Juice Monitoring Camera on board the spacecraft. This animation shows the radar’s movements in five photos taken across 17–21 April, as teams on Earth work through steps in Juice’s deployment.In order,...
Apr 27, 2023 | Highlight, Space mission
Eutelsat HotBird 13G telecom satellite color seflies taken by MCSE’s camera from geostationary orbit, with the Earth at 36,000 km. These images have been collected thanks to Airbus, Eutelsat, CNES and ESA...
Apr 15, 2023 | Highlight, Space mission
Image taken by MCSE’s monitoring camera 2 on board ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter, placed to monitor the multi-stage deployment of the 16 m-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna. RIME is an ice-penetrating radar that will be used to remotely probe...
Apr 15, 2023 | Highlight, Space mission
Images taken by MCSE’s monitoring camera 1 on board ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter, capturing the rotation of the solar arrays during their deployment after launch on 14 April. © ESA/Juice/JMC CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Featured on ESA website...
Apr 15, 2023 | Highlight, Space mission
Images taken by MCSE’s monitoring camera 1 on board ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter. The images were taken by at 14:18 CEST and at 14:38 CEST, following launch at 14:14 CEST. © ESA/Juice/JMC CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Featured on ESA website...
Mar 25, 2023 | Space mission
Eutelsat HotBird sees the Earth from geostationary orbit at 36,000 km, thanks to MCSE’s camera. This image has been collected thanks to Airbus, Eutelsat, CNES and ESA...
Mar 25, 2023 | Space mission
Eutelsat HotBird 13F telecom satellite seflie taken by MCSE’s camera from geostationary orbit, with the Earth in the field of view. This image has been collected thanks to Airbus, Eutelsat, CNES and ESA...
