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Beagle 2 model showing solar panels 1–4, then the base deployment. Each panel is 0.57 m in diameter, and the fully deployed lander diameter (d) is 1.7 m across. The fully deployed panels—as they were planned for Martian deployment—are at an angle of 20° to the horizontal. See text for more details on panel deployment. Other features visible in (d) include the UHF antenna which is only exposed upon deployment of all the panels.
