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Milestone successfully reached: Launch Locking Devices (LLDs) of MicroWave Imager (MWI) Flight Models ready to be delivered

OHB Italia reached another important milestone: ready the MWI LLDs that will fly on the MetOp-SG. They are 4 not standard Launch Locking Devices, the main structural load path for the Instrument Rotating Part (IRP) in locked configuration; The instrument mass to be locked is at launch 160 kg, LLDs will release the IRP on orbit when each of them receives an electrical signal.