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Mars Express spacecraft
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Mars Express spacecraft.
Clockwise (starting at front):
  • high-gain antenna
  • spacecraft subsystems
  • Beagle 2 lander
  • orbiter instruments
  • folded solar panel
  • spacecraft subsystems
  • CENTRE: propellant tanks


      Credits: Illustration by Medialab, ESA 2001
 
 
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Mars Express spacecraft
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Most of the energy needed to propel Mars Express from Earth to Mars is provided by the four-stage Soyuz/Fregat launcher. The Fregat upper stage will separate from the spacecraft after placing it on a Mars-bound trajectory.

Credits: Illustration by Medialab, ESA 2001
 
  Last update: 10 October 2005 
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