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RIME News

Another key milestone toward the implementation of the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) has been achieved. The industrial contract for building the Flight Model of the instrument has kicked-off in the past days. RIME is developed in the framework of the Jupiter…

JUICE and RIME on Science

A Science Magazine article looks at ESA’s JUICE mission and RIME, the ice-penetrating radar studied and developed under the leadership ofthe RSLab. JUICE will reach Jupiter in more than 7 years and spend 3 years…
  • Apr 17 / 2023
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First tests on RIME started

The activities for the first tests on RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) have started on Sunday April 16 in ESA ESOC (Darmstadt, Germany). The tests will continue up to the end of the Near Earth Commissioning Phase of JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer).

Italian Contribution to JUICE

The very important italian contribution to the JUICE mission has been presented to the italian press in Florence on March 10th. RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) has been presented as a key instrument for revealing the mysteries hidden in the subsurface of…

First Echoes of the Moon for RIME

During the first in history gravity assist flyby of the Earth-Moon system, which took place successfully between August 19 and 20, the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) was activated and performed a wide range of tests. During the lunar flyby, RIME was…
  • Aug 03 / 2023
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Tracing burned areas in time: Palermo, Corfu and Rhodes fires

Frequent fire outbreaks in the Mediterranean region are a cause for concern, especially in the context of human threats and climate change. The Sentinel-2 constellation of the European Space Agency (ESA) offers a valuable tool in the form of multispectral images,…
  • Dec 10 / 2018
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A testing time for RIME Antenna

ESA engineers tested A 1:18 scale model of the RIME antenna – Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (Principal Investigator: Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone) together with a simplified model of the JUICE spacecraft in the ESTEC’s HERTZ facility. Several tests were…
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