Airbus: Rime radar antenna tested for Jupiter.
(CercleFinance.com) - JUICE, the Europe Space Agency´s deep space mission to the icy moons of Jupiter led by Airbus, has taken off for the first time with the testing of the RIME instrument (RIME - Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) flying beneath a helicopter.
Airbus is the prime contractor of the JUICE satellite.
In June 2022, the 5.5 ton spacecraft JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) will set off on its nearly 600 million-kilometre-long journey to Jupiter, where it is expected to arrive in late 2029.
For three and a half years, JUICE will sweep around the giant planet, exploring its turbulent atmosphere, enormous magnetosphere, and tenuous set of dark rings, as well as studying its three largest icy moons - Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The goal is to investigate whether there are liquid oceans under these icy crusts which might harbour potentially habitable environments.
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Airbus is the prime contractor of the JUICE satellite.
In June 2022, the 5.5 ton spacecraft JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) will set off on its nearly 600 million-kilometre-long journey to Jupiter, where it is expected to arrive in late 2029.
For three and a half years, JUICE will sweep around the giant planet, exploring its turbulent atmosphere, enormous magnetosphere, and tenuous set of dark rings, as well as studying its three largest icy moons - Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The goal is to investigate whether there are liquid oceans under these icy crusts which might harbour potentially habitable environments.
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