Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
ESA · JUICE · launched 14 April 2023
JUICE, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, is an ESA spacecraft launched on 14 April 2023 from Kourou on an Ariane 5. It is due to become the first craft to orbit a moon other than Earth's: Ganymede, from December 2034.
The cruise is a chain of gravity assists: Earth and the Moon in August 2024, Venus in August 2025, Earth again on 28 September 2026, and a last Earth flyby in 2029. Jupiter orbit insertion is planned for July 2031, followed by flybys of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
The green track is the Horizons ephemeris published so far, which stops on 20 July 2031 at the Jupiter arrival. The later Ganymede orbit is not in that file yet.
Made by Laurent Remond
