:: introduction to Beagle 2 technology
System overview
Entry, Descent and Landing systems (EDLS)
The lander
Robotic arm
Mole
Power
Keeping warm
Telecomms
Command/Data Management Systems
technology composite pic

A cardboard model of Beagle featured in early TV broadcasts. Johnny Vaughan, Channel 4 The Big Breakfast....

Vaughan: “It's only made of cardboard”

Pillinger: “British ingenuity”

Vaughan: “British ingenuity—the first to send a cardboard probe”

Pillinger: “well when we get the budget we will make it out of something more substantial”

 
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The Beagle 2 probe comprises the lander and the Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS) with specialised mechanical and electrical interface units.

Now read the first section with further details on the System overview»

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