JUICE
ESA · launched 2023
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer; arrives 2031 and settles at Ganymede.
Right now · as of
Interplanetary cruise
25.6 million km from Earth; a signal takes 1 min 26 s
131 million km from the Sun, moving at 38.5 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
April 14, 2023
Launched on Ariane 5 ECA from Kourou ELA-3
August 19, 2024
Flies past Moon, 2,499 km away
August 20, 2024
Flies past Earth, 13,215 km away
August 31, 2025
Flies past Venus, 11,141 km away
September 28, 2026
Flies past Moon, 124,638 km away
September 28, 2026
Flies past Earth, 15,020 km away
January 17, 2029 · expected
Flies past Moon, 64,188 km away
January 17, 2029 · expected
Flies past Earth, 11,012 km away
July 20, 2031 · expected
Flies past Jupiter, 1,856,474 km away
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
European mission to study Jupiter and its moons since 2023
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is an interplanetary spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). It is on its way to orbit and study three icy moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. These planetary-mass moons are targets for study because they are thought to have significant bodies of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces, which would make them potentially habitable for extraterrestrial li…
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- ESA
- Launched
- April 14, 2023
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch site
- Kourou ELA-3
- International designator
- 2023-053A