The launch of the JUICE mission will be attempted again today, after being postponed yesterday due to bad weather conditions.
The European Space Agency (ESA) will attempt to launch the mission again today JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), which was postponed yesterday due to bad weather. The mission will make accurate observations Jupiter and of its three great oceanic moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
According to ESA, responsible for the project, the Ariane 5 rocket and the Juice probe are in perfect condition and ready for launch, initially at 12:14 today, weather permitting.
The van-sized spacecraft was finally assembled into the rocket between April 1 and 3, awaiting launch from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. After an eight-year journey, the mission will characterize the three satellites as planetary objects and possible habitats, thoroughly explore Jupiter’s complex environment, and study the larger Jupiter system as an archetype of gas giants across the universe.
JUICE will form a shovel in the solar system for several reasons. It will be the first time a probe has orbited a moon that is not ours., Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest satellite. On the way to this planet, we will see a gravity assist maneuver of the earth and moon for the first time to save fuel, reports ESA.
Sener joins the probe mast
The aerospace division of the Basque engineering firm Sener contributed to the mission with the design, manufacture and verification of a 10.6 meter long mast for the juice probe.
Sener won the ESA contract to develop, manufacture and supply the deployable mast (tree) of a magnetometer, the purpose of which is to keep some of the instruments needed for scientific experiments away from the ship’s magnetic interference, Engineering recalled in a statement.
Antenna elements, manufactured in Gipuzkoa
In turn, the Gipuzkoan high-precision machining cooperative Goimek has collaborated with Sener Aeroespacial in the manufacture of a spacecraft antenna component.
The group reports this in a statementdanobat group to which Goimek belongs, the antenna works both to establish two-way communication between the spacecraft and Earth and to ensure the operation of the radio frequency experiment carried by the probe.
Source: EITB
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