Juno
NASA · launched 2011
Jupiter orbiter since 2016, mapping the planet and its moons.
Right now · as of
Jupiter system
838 million km (5.6 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 46 min 34 s
794 million km (5.31 AU) from the Sun, moving at 1.44 km/s relative to Jupiter
Open in 3DThe flight
August 5, 2011
Launched on Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41
October 9, 2013
Flies past Earth, 6,933 km away
April 7, 2016
Arrives at Jupiter
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Juno (spacecraft)
Second NASA orbiter mission to Jupiter (2011–Present)
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011, 16:25:00 UTC, as part of the New Frontiers program. Juno entered a polar orbit of Jupiter on July 5, 2016, 03:53:00 UTC, to begin a scientific investigation of the planet.
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Facts
- What it is
- Orbiter
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- August 5, 2011
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-41
- International designator
- 2011-040A