Flyby

Juice Moon-Earth Flyby

Moon-Earth System Ariane 5 ECA+ | JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)

First flybys of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.

It is the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, and the first-ever double gravity assist manoeuvre.

Updates

LL2 • Aug. 19, 2024, 9:30 p.m.

Official Webcast by European Space Agency, ESA has started

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Ariane 5 ECA+ | JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 14, 2023, 12:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

JUICE is an ESA mission to study some of the Jupiter's moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.

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