JUICE, ESA's L-class mission to the Jovian system |
JUICE, ESA's L-class mission to the Jovian system |
Mar 31 2022, 07:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 28-October 12 Member No.: 6732 |
This asteroid (223) Rosa fly-by opportunity should be still valid, because starting with the Venus swing-by the April 2023 launch trajectory is identical with the September 2022 launch trajectory.
Edit: New paper on the "analysis of possible asteroids flyby for the ESA JUICE mission", albeit behind paywall. |
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Jul 13 2022, 05:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 28-October 12 Member No.: 6732 |
After a month of silence, a JUICE science instrument tweet informs us that "[t]he structural tests of the [JUICE] spacecraft are finished as well as the reduced functional tests afterwards. GALA and all other instruments are nominal." -- ESA's public outreach is so broken!
Edit (2022-07-19): Oh now, JUICE's contractor tweets a short (58 sec) video about the completed vibration and acoustic tests. |
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Feb 22 2023, 07:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 28-October 12 Member No.: 6732 |
Juicy news from French Guiana on the launch preparation of JUICE on a controversial social-media website, although I think that it would be far easier, and a better idea to simply publish the JUICE launch campaign newsletter, as fortunately the Russian MGNS scientists did during the BepiColombo launch campaign in 2018.
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Feb 22 2023, 06:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 917 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Lisbon, Portugal Member No.: 4824 |
It is easy to search the ESA website... Trying https://www.esa.int/esearch?q=JUICE yelds many, many entries. Here is one of the latest https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_...unch_to_Jupiter Fernando PS - or subscribe the news topic. Cheers |
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Feb 23 2023, 07:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 28-October 12 Member No.: 6732 |
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Mar 18 2023, 08:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 28-October 12 Member No.: 6732 |
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Apr 13 2023, 04:20 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
After all these years launch day has arrived!!! T-0 scheduled for 1215 GMT.
Watch live here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9n9HLwswQ More info: https://www.esa.int/.../How_to_foll...ice_launch_live GO JUICE!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Apr 13 2023, 12:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 701 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Sigh- not today. Scrubbed due to lightning risk. Will try again tomorrow, one minute earlier.
John |
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Apr 14 2023, 12:35 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
So far so good. I have probably not been this excited about a planetary spacecraft launch since 1997 (Cassini).
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Apr 14 2023, 12:46 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Spacecraft separation and JUICE is on its way!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Apr 14 2023, 01:34 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Both solar arrays fully deployed, a major milestone.
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Apr 14 2023, 02:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 14-January 22 Member No.: 9140 |
Great news!
Bjorn's mention of 1997 helps me frame how I, and I'm sure some others see this: Since the Galileo Orbiter, that mission's shortcomings, notably the extremely limited data rate, have created the feeling that we needed a follow-up to replace the thorough study of the Galileans that we lost. Now, though it will arrive 35 years (!) after Galileo did, this is going to be a major part of filling that gap. Combined with Europa Clipper, JUICE will far more than replace the observations we lost back in 1996-2000 as far as the three outer Galileans go. But for now, we wait some more! |
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Apr 14 2023, 03:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 16-May 06 From: Geneva, Switzerland Member No.: 773 |
I remember, back in 2007 I first posted here about a possible ESA/NASA collaboration to send several probes to explore further the Jovian system. At that time the project was called Laplace.
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=4637 Most of reactions were pessimistic (if not sarcastic). A lot happened since and there were many changes, but finally JUICE is on its way to the Jovian system and Europa Clipper will follow soon. These will be 2 amazing missions. |
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Apr 15 2023, 05:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 14-January 22 Member No.: 9140 |
Thanks for linking to the history, Marc.
While some ambitions have been postponed, the combination of Juno, JUICE, and Europa Clipper will put us one Io mission away from an excellent survey of the jovian system, at last, and ESA is on the way to doing their part. |
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Apr 15 2023, 12:46 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
That was quick - images from the Juice Monitoring Cameras (JMC) have already been released. Juice's first 'selfies': https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Spa...fies_from_space
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