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Robotic arm
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The cutaway diagram of the stowed Beagle 2, below, shows the packing of the robotic arm, PAW and other instruments. The diameter of the lander base is 64cm.


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1 Damien Hirst calibration target
2 Inlet port to sample handling and distribution system
3 Gas analysis package, the mass spectrometer is out of sight below the arm
4 Robotic arm
5 Mole sampling tip
6 Wide angles mirror
7 Stereoscopic camera
8 Corer / grinder
9 Mossbauer mineral spectrometer
10 Microscope
11 X-ray fluorescence chemical spectrometer
12 Electronics module and battery below the solar absorber unit
   
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