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JUICE

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JUICE

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Image: ESA · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Wikimedia Commons

Launched
14 Apr 202312:14:29 UTC
Active for
3 years 7 months
Destinations
Jupiter, Ganymede

An ESA mission on its way to Jupiter to study three of its icy moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. It is planned to become the first spacecraft to orbit a moon other than our own.

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Spacecraft

JUICE

Orbiter
Active

Orbiter with ten instruments and 85 square metres of solar panels to gather enough power in Jupiter's dim sunlight.

Launch mass
5,963 kg
Dry mass
2,325 kg
Size
4.4 m × 2.9 m, span 27.1 m
Power
Solar
Designator
2023-053A

Mission details from esa.int.