Names | Juice, JUICE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mission type | Planetary science | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | ESA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 2023-053A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 56176 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mission duration | Cruise phase: 8 years Science phase: 3.5 years Elapsed: 1 year, 3 months and 7 days | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Launch mass | 6,070 kg (13,380 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dry mass | 2,420 kg (5,340 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 16.8 x 27.1 x 13.7 meters[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Power | 850 watts from a solar panel ~85 m2 (910 sq ft)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Launch date | 14 April 2023 12:14:36 UTC [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Contractor | Arianespace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Flyby of Moon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Closest approach | 19 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Flyby of Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Closest approach | 20 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Flyby of Venus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Closest approach | 31 August 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Flyby of Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Closest approach | 29 September 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Flyby of Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Closest approach | 18 January 2029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jupiter orbiter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Orbital insertion | July 2031 (planned) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Orbital departure | December 2034 (planned) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ganymede orbiter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Orbital insertion | December 2034 (planned) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Orbit parameters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Periapsis | 500 km (310 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Apoapsis | 500 km (310 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juice mission insignia Cosmic Vision |
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is a space probe made by the European Space Agency that will explore Jupiter's major moons, mostly just Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto. It is powered by solar panels, like NASA's Juno (spacecraft).[3]
The spacecraft launched on 14 April 2023. It will reach Jupiter in July 2031 after four gravity assists and eight years of travel.[4]
It will fly near the moons before going into orbit around Ganymede.[5]
JANUS- An optical camera system
MAJIS- Moon and Jupiter imaging Spectrometer
GALA- Ganymede laser Altimeter
J-Mag- A magnetometer for JUICE
RPWI- Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation
UVS- UV imaging Spectrograph
SWI- Sub-millimeter Wave Instrument
RIME- Radar for Icy Moons Exploration
PEP- Particle Environment Package
3GM- Gravity & Geophysics of Jupiter and Galilean Moons
Juice builds on the previously proposed Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM-Laplace), a planned collaborative mission between ESA and NASA that would have carried out an in-depth study of the Jovian system and its icy moons. It is now foreseen that the Juice and NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft will be exploring the Jovian system simultaneously.[6]
Three-axis stabilized with 10 solar panels and a 2.5-metre-long High Gain Antenna, with a dry mass of approximately 2400 kg and a wet mass (including fuel) of approximately 6000 kg. Each solar panel measures about 2.5 m x 3.5 m; with five on each side of the spacecraft deployed as two distinctive cross-shaped arrays, these total an area of about 85 square meters.
Juice will spend approximately eight years cruising to Jupiter, during which it will complete fly-bys of Venus, Earth and the Earth-Moon system. It will reach Jupiter in July 2031; six months before entering orbit around Jupiter, Juice will begin its nominal science phase. The spacecraft will go on to spend many months orbiting Jupiter, completing fly-bys of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, and finally conducting an orbital tour of Ganymede.[6]
Details about the JUICE mission | |
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Life time | 4yrs. |
Launch | Kourou, French guinia |
Rocket | Ariane 5 |
Launch date | April 13, 2023 |
Launch Time | 12:15UTC (8:15am EDT) (5:35pm IST) |
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