JUICE

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: JUICE Mission
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5ECA+
Launch Date: 4/14/2023

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: interplanetary
Altitude: -77,846.5 km
Inclination: 5.85 deg
Dry Mass: 2,325 kg
Total Mass: 5,963 kg

Payload Classification

Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Lorenzo Bruzzone is the principal investigator of JUICE’s radar instrument.

GovernanceValue 3.2Nov 4, 2024Moon Monday #200: Thank you, a crewed Chinese rover, Artemis updates, and more

JUICE conducted a Moon and Earth flyby on 19 and 20 August 2024 to gather data for calibrating its optical instruments.

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The Earth and Moon observations during the JUICE flyby provided an opportunity to test MAJIS's performance with extended targets similar in size to expected targets at Jupiter.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.6Sep 13, 2024JUICE: Earth and Moon through MAJIS eyes

JUICE was launched on 2023-04-13 and its radar antenna was supposed to deploy in the first week after that launch.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5May 15, 2023JUICE deploys radar antenna

The 16-meter-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna on Juice has not yet been deployed.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5May 2, 2023ESA Continues Work on Fixing Juice's Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) Antenna

The Juice Monitoring Camera provides a partial view of the RIME radar and its mounting bracket.

CapabilityValue 3.0May 2, 2023ESA Continues Work on Fixing Juice's Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) Antenna

The radar instrument on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft had not fully deployed its 16-meter antenna in the week after JUICE's 2023-04-13 launch.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2May 1, 2023ESA troubleshooting JUICE radar antenna

Juice launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on 14 April at 14:14 CEST.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Apr 18, 2023ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Captures Stunning Images of Earth from Space

A scientific camera on Juice will take high-resolution images of Jupiter and its icy moons once Juice is in the Jovian system in 2031.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 18, 2023ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Captures Stunning Images of Earth from Space

JUICE is expected to reach Jupiter in July 2031.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Apr 18, 2023AAC Clyde Space’s components onboard ESA’s Jupiter mission, JUICE

A scientific camera on Juice will take high-resolution images of Jupiter and its icy moons once Juice reaches the Jovian system in 2031.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 15, 2023Juice sends first ‘selfies’ from space

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on 2023-04-14.

PlanValue 4.0Apr 15, 2023Juice sends first ‘selfies’ from space

Ariane 5 successfully launched the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft on 2023-04-14.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2Apr 14, 2023Ariane 5 launches ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter

JUICE will perform a Venus flyby in August 2025 and additional Earth flybys in September 2026 and January 2029.

PlanValue 4.5Apr 14, 2023Ariane 5 launches ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter

Airbus designed and built JUICE under contract to the European Space Agency with contributions from 80 partners across 23 countries and more than 2,000 people.

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 14, 2023UPDATE 2: ESA’s JUICE moving expeditiously to the Jovian system courtesy of Arianespace + the Ariane 5 launch vehicle — Airbus commentary

The Airbus-built JUICE spacecraft will perform several gravity-assist flybys, beginning with a joint Earth–Moon flyby in August 2024.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 14, 2023Ariane 5 launches ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter

JUICE will enter orbit around Ganymede in December 2034 and remain there through the end of its mission, currently planned for September 2035.

PlanValue 4.0Apr 14, 2023Ariane 5 launches ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter

JUICE deployed two large solar arrays with a total area of 85 square meters approximately 70 minutes after liftoff.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 14, 2023Ariane 5 launches ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter

JUICE will perform gravity-assist flybys of Earth and Venus between August 2024 and January 2029.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 12, 2023Ariane 5 ready to launch ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter