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“Hopefully for better weather.”
From the official account of the expedition on Twitter, they admit that they cut their fingers that the time has come for them. If not, he’ll be late… again.
New confirmed schedule for the second launch attempt of the Juice mission
Arianespace has confirmed that this Friday they will be launching a new Juice launch aboard Ariane 5. It will be at 2:15pm Spanish Peninsula time.
Official ESA message: “Code Red”
Once the cancellation is confirmed, they confirm from the ESA stream:
“There will be no attempted launch today due to ‘red status’ within the final schedule.” In principle, it will be tried after 24 hours.
The release of the juice is delayed!
At the latest weather check, they confirmed that the wind was too strong and the launch could not take place as planned. It will be tested within 24 hours.
Ariane Steps
As explained by the European Space Agency, two minutes after launch, the secondary Ariane rockets necessary for take-off will separate. In half an hour, Juice will already fly by itself, and the remote control will be taken from Australia.
Systems check: all ready for launch
From the ESA Control Center they complete the latest communications systems checks. everything is ready.
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Stefan Israel, CEO of Arianespace, highlights from Mission Control the importance of this “incredible mission” and confirms that everything is going well for the time being. However, they will do several weather checks, last 10 minutes from the specified time.
There is already a signal from the launch point
The European Space Agency is heating up the day with the live signal from the JUICE mission. You can watch Ariane 5 live.
Actual presence in French Guiana
Belgium’s King Philippe and his son, Prince Gabriel, traveled to French Guiana to watch the launch of the juice live.
Spanish participation in the juices mission
Seven spanish companies that are part of Spanish Association of Companies for Defense, Security, Aeronautics and Space Technology involved in the task, namely:
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Airbus Defense and Space designs and builds the structure and thermal controls for the satellite.
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Inventia Kinetics is responsible for providing the MGSE (Mechanical Ground Support Equipment).
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DEIMOS was responsible for planetary protection analysis. Its goal is to ensure that the mission will never crash into Mars or Jupiter’s Europa.
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Alter Technology is responsible for engineering, testing and validation of technologies and procurement.
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GMV designs and develops the Mission Control System (MCS), which is responsible for spacecraft monitoring and control function within the ground segment.
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Sener Aeroespacial y Defensa is developing the mission’s magnetometer arm, the Medium Gain Antenna (MGAMA) subsystem and Janus Science instrument components.
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Airbus Crisa is responsible for JUICE’s Electric Power Subsystem (EPS), which consists of the Air Conditioning and Power Distribution Unit (PCDU) and satellite batteries.
Follow the live broadcast of Juice’s mission to the moons of Jupiter
In addition to following the launch of Juice on ABCes, broadcasts on the European Space Agency (ESA) Youtube channel could follow. The scheduled start time is 1:30 p.m. from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana.
Big technical challenge
The system of the device that will measure Ganymede’s weak magnetic field must not be contaminated by the activity of any other device. Also, the environment of Jupiter It is very harmful For electronic components for experiments and solar panels for the satellite, which must be They survive very high levels of radiation.
Likewise, the spacecraft has a powerful on-board computer and navigation system capable of performing autonomous operations and solving problems independently, without having to make contact with Earth.
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