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.
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.
LEOX was previously used to perform atomic oxygen testing on candidate solar array materials for ESA’s Juice mission.
Creotech Instruments collaborates with the European Space Agency on the PROBA-3 precursor mission and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
The New Norcia ground station is expected to support upcoming missions including the Euclid astronomical observatory and the Juice mission to Jupiter, both set to launch in 2022.
The JUICE mission is scheduled to launch in 2022 on an Ariane 5.
ESA wants Ariane 64 to be an option for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission but will consider launching JUICE on Ariane 64 only after a commercial Ariane 64 launch has occurred.
ESA is working to switch the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6 to add a fourth institutional mission to Arianespace’s Ariane 6 backlog.
Sodern is building optical navigation systems for the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, which is planned for launch in 2022.