The launch of the JUICE mission will be retried today after being postponed yesterday due to bad weather conditions.
The European Space Agency (ESA) will try again today to launch the mission JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), which was delayed yesterday due to bad weather. The mission will make precise observations of 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 to be launched, initially today at 12:14 p.m., weather permitting.
The van-sized spacecraft was finally assembled inside the rocket between April 1 and 3, awaiting liftoff from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. After an eight-year journey, the The mission will characterize the three satellites as planetary objects and possible habitats, explore in depth the complex environment of Jupiter, and study the larger Jupiter system as an archetype of gas giants throughout the Universe.
JUICE will constitute a scoop in the solar system for various reasons. It will be the first time that a probe gravitates around a moon that is not ours., Ganymede, the largest satellite of Jupiter. On its way to this planet, we will see for the first time an Earth-Moon gravity assist maneuver to save fuel, reports ESA.
Sener participates with the probe mast
The aerospace division of the Basque engineering Sener has 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 (boom) of a magnetometer, whose purpose is to keep part of the instruments required for scientific experiments away from the magnetic interference of the ship, recalls engineering 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.
As reported in a statement by the groupdanobatgroup to which Goimek belongs, the antenna operates both to achieve two-way communication between the spacecraft and Earth and to guarantee the operation of the radiofrequency experiment carried by the probe.
Source: Eitb
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