The spacecraft had run into some trouble deploying a 52-foot-long antenna, but is now fully primed and ready as it continues along its eight-year journey.
The mission was off to a great start, but flight controllerswhen they tried to deploy the probe’s ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moons Exploration antenna. The 52-foot-long antenna remained lodged within its mounting bracket, keeping it to roughly one-third of its fully intended length. The team behind the mission was finally able toAdvertisement
This past week, JUICE’s four Langmuir Probes and three Radio Wave Instrument antennas of the Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation were successfully deployed, according to ESA. The deployment of those instruments completed JUICE’s full configuration, marking it ready to do some science. The four Langmuir Probes and three Radio Wave Instrument antennas of the Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation were successfully deployed between 22 and 26 May 2023, marking the deployment process complete.“Fantastic, after more than 10 years of intensive work, we are finally ready for science discoveries!” Jan-Erik Wahlund, principal investigator of RPWI, said in the ESA statement. The antennas will create the first 3D map of the electric fields around Jupiter.
JUICE will still have to wait a little while longer to be able to use its instruments on Jupiter and its moons. It’s going to take the spacecraft eight years to get to Jupiter, with the mission expected to arrive at the gas giant system in 2031.
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