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JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) Mission

Posted on January 16, 2023 by admin1  61

In News

  • The JUICE mission will be the first time that the European Space Agency (ESA) has sent a spacecraft beyond the asteroid belt.

JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)

  • About:
    • JUICE is the first large-class mission in the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme. 
    • The spacecraft will launch on an Ariane 5 in April 2023 on an eight-year journey including gravity assist flybys of Earth and Venus before arriving in the Jupiter system in 2031.
  • Goals: 
    • It will spend at least three years making detailed observations of the giant gaseous planet Jupiter and three of its largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
    • It will understand if the oceans of these icy moons could have ever been suitable habitats for life.
  • Components & Different Experiments:
    • JANUS – Camera system 
    • MAJIS – Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer
    • UVS – UV imaging Spectrograph 
    • SWI – Sub-millimeter Wave Instrument
    • GALA – GAnymede Laser Altimeter
    • RIME – Radar for Icy Moons Exploration
    • J-MAG – A magnetometer instrument for JUICE
    • PRIDE – Planetary Radio Interferometer & Doppler Experiment

Source: skyatnightmagazine

 
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