Editing Mars Express (section)

=== Structure ===
The ''Mars Express'' orbiter is a cube-shaped spacecraft with two [[Photovoltaic module|solar panel]] wings extending from opposite sides. The launch mass of 1223&nbsp;kg includes a main bus with 113&nbsp;kg of payload, the 60&nbsp;kg lander, and 457&nbsp;kg of propellant. The main body is 1.5 m × 1.8 m × 1.4 m in size, with an aluminium honeycomb structure covered by an aluminium skin. The solar panels measure about 12 m tip-to-tip. Two 20 m long wire [[dipole antenna]]s extend from opposite side faces perpendicular to the solar panels as part of the radar sounder.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/The_spacecraft |title=The spacecraft / Mars Express |publisher=[[ESA]] |date=October 10, 2005 |access-date=March 29, 2016 }}</ref>