JUICE will enter orbit around Ganymede in late 2034 and remain there through the end of the mission currently planned for September 2035.
The medium-gain antenna is key for communication between JUICE and ground stations and for performing radio-science experiments.
JUICE is a program of the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to expand knowledge of the interactions between Jupiter and its icy moons Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.
Sener Aerospace contributed to the design and manufacture of mechanical ground support equipment for assembling and testing the JUICE satellite's solar panels.
JUICE and Europa Clipper have planned complementary observations including planned flybys of Europa by the two spacecraft approximately four hours apart.
The Ariane 5 rocket carrying the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) rolled out to the pad at Kourou, French Guiana on 2023-04-11.
Beyond Gravity supplied a remote interface unit for Juice that provides a physical interface to the spacecraft propulsion system and the attitude/orientation control system.
Juice will launch on 2023-04-13 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The thermal insulation on Juice is designed to protect the spacecraft from temperatures up to plus 250 degrees Celsius during Venus flyby and down to minus 230 degrees Celsius at Jupiter.
Beyond Gravity built one of Juice’s antennas designed to navigate around Jupiter and communicate with Earth despite high radiation and extreme thermal environments.
Sener Aerospace’s work has supported missions and programs including HRE, SEOSAT/Ingenio, CHIME, LSTM, Hubble, Rosetta, SMOS, Pléiades, Herschel & Planck, JUICE, Athena, Solar Orbiter, Proba-3, Gaia, BepiColombo, ExoMars, Curiosity, Euclid, LISA Pathfinder, MTG, FLEX, LOP Gateway, Mars2020, Earth Explorers, COPERNICUS, and Galileo.
A commemorative plaque honoring Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was unveiled in Toulouse and mounted on the JUICE spacecraft.
The Airbus-built JUICE spacecraft will depart Toulouse, France for Kourou, French Guiana for lift-off on an Ariane 5 in April 2023.
After being selected by ESA as prime contractor in 2015, Airbus led a pan-European industrial consortium to design and build the JUICE spacecraft.
The JUICE spacecraft’s solar arrays are sized to power the mission at 740 million kilometers from the Sun.
JUICE’s solar arrays are sized to power the mission at approximately 740 million kilometers from the Sun.
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.
Airbus was selected by ESA as prime contractor for JUICE in 2015 and has led a pan-European industrial consortium to design and build the spacecraft.
JUICE’s solar array measures 85 square meters and was developed by Germany’s Azur Space to provide power at about 740 million kilometers from the Sun.
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.