DSI Aerospace participates in ESA missions including MetOp-SG, JUICE, Biomass, FLEX, PLATO, and Hera.
Juice is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter in 2031.
Juice will explore Jupiter and its icy ocean moons.
Juice will study Jupiter and its icy ocean moons as planetary objects and as possible habitats.
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) launched three years before April 14, 2026.
JUICE’s mission team planned a dedicated observation campaign for 3I/ATLAS during the spacecraft’s interplanetary cruise to Jupiter.
The JANUS multiband camera on JUICE observed 3I/ATLAS in five observing windows between 5 November 2025 and 25 November 2025.
INAF contributed scientifically to two of JUICE’s five instruments with support from the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The JUICE observations of 3I/ATLAS provided an operational demonstration relevant to future studies of Jupiter’s icy moons and Jupiter’s rings.
JUICE’s communications delay meant that MAJIS data were received on Earth only at the end of February 2026, about three months after acquisition.
JUICE was in a favorable position relative to 3I/ATLAS when Earth-based observations of the comet were no longer possible.
JUICE conducted observations of comet 3I/ATLAS in November.
Data from JUICE’s November observations of comet 3I/ATLAS arrived on Earth last week.
The JANUS camera on JUICE imaged comet 3I/ATLAS at a distance of 0.44 AU.
ESA’s JUICE spacecraft’s science camera captured the first images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
JUICE carries a Weizmann-designed instrument that will probe Jupiter's atmosphere more deeply.
Europa Clipper and JUICE will examine the interiors, surfaces, and space environments of Jupiter's large moons and probe plume activity and isotopic fingerprints of water in material erupting from Europa's icy shell.
The SwRI-led UVS instrument on ESA's JUICE is expected to supplement Europa Clipper observations with anti-sunward views of 3I/ATLAS.
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research prepared the JUICE measurement campaign for observations of 3I/ATLAS.
The Particle Environment Package (PEP) on JUICE will activate one of its sensors to detect energetic neutral atoms.