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A clear view of the 2-platform configuration of the Huygens Probe. On the top platform is the rectangular parachute container, the cylindrical parachute deployment mortar and the two S-band data relay antennas (in the cylindrical protective covers). The experiment platform below carries all subsystem and experiment equipment. On the ring periphery at right we see the DISR optics protected by the red cover during ground operations. Also enclosed in a protective cover is one of the two down-looking antennas of the radar altimeter (foreground). [Image Date: 01-01-97] [97.05.006-006]