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Mars Cube One in Detail

Mars Cube One in Detail

September 13, 2018

Illustration of one of the twin MarCO spacecraft with some key components labeled. Front cover is left out to show some internal components. Antennas and solar arrays are in deployed configuration.

There are two versions of the illustration, both with labels and without.

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