Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 4 | 0 |
| 1959 | 4 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2 | 0 |
| 1961 | 3 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Launch 1961-F04 | Juno II | May 24, 1961 |
| Explorer 11 | Juno II | Apr 27, 1961 |
| Launch 1961-F01 | Juno II | Feb 25, 1961 |
| Explorer 8 |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Juno II | Not stated | 10 | Retired |
Jupiter C | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Juno II |
| Nov 3, 1960 |
| Launch 1960-F04 | Juno II | Mar 23, 1960 |
| Explorer 7 | Juno II | Oct 13, 1959 |
| Launch 1959-F07 | Juno II | Aug 15, 1959 |
| Launch 1959-F05 | Juno II | Jul 16, 1959 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
The Hughes JUPITER System is a satellite ground platform used to enable services on geostationary satellites worldwide.
The Airbus-built JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) spacecraft will depart Toulouse, France, for Kourou, French Guiana, for an Ariane 5 launch in April 2023.
JUICE will take around eight years to reach Jupiter’s orbit in July 2031 following a series of gravity-assist flybys in the inner solar system.
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is slated to launch next year and is due to be inserted into Jupiter orbit in 2030 to investigate whether Europa has the ingredients necessary for life.
Jupiter 3’s capacity of around 500 gigabits per second is more than double the capacity of Jupiter 2 that launched in 2017.
Arianespace will launch its final three Ariane 5 missions next year, including ESA’s Juice mission to Jupiter, and will then transition to the first launch of the Ariane 6.
Tianwen-4 will launch a pair of spacecraft towards Jupiter around 2030, with one entering orbit around Callisto and the other using a gravity assist to fly by Uranus.
Tianwen-4 will include a solar-powered Jupiter orbiter and a smaller radioisotope-powered spacecraft to perform a flyby of Uranus.
After the 2022-09-07 launch of Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS, three Ariane 5 launches remain, two carrying communications satellites and one carrying the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission for the European Space Agency.
Data transmitted from Europa Clipper in orbit around Jupiter will take approximately 45 minutes to reach Earth.
NASA awarded SpaceX a Falcon Heavy contract for the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter in 2024 valued at $178,000,000.
Hughes Network Systems successfully tested 0.005 kg satellite backhaul using its JUPITER System ground platform.
Hughes built its JUPITER ground platform to allow customers to transition from LTE traffic to 0.005 kg via a software update.
Lucy will fly past several Trojan asteroids leading Jupiter in 2027 and 2028.
The C-COM manufactured antennas are designed and approved to integrate with the Hughes JUPITER System.
Stargroup selected Ka-band capacity from the Hughes JUPITER high-throughput satellite fleet for an integrated, high-performing solution.
Hughes Network Systems’ JUPITER System platform was selected by Stargroup, Apconet/Aitelecom, Eutelsat, and Globalsat to power satellite connectivity at more than 7,200 sites across Mexico.
A 2031 or 2032 launch to Uranus could use a Jupiter gravity assist to reach Uranus in about 13 years.
Jupiter-2 was launched in 2017 to cover North America, Mexico, and Canada.
The project uses Ka-band capacity on the Hughes JUPITER 2 and 63 West satellites.