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ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at Earth. The spacecraft returned some very exciting news: the Earth is ...
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JUICE To Jupiter: The Ultimate Guide To 2023’s Most Exciting New Space Mission That’s About To Blast-Off
In total they cost about €600 million. In total the mission costs about the same at ESA’s BepiCololmbo and Rosetta missions. Juice launches on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou ...
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CERN and ESA: a decade of innovation
Enrico Chesta, Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois and Markus Brugger highlight seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further ...
Malargüe—A satellite dish best served cold: Cryogenic upgrade boosts capacity by almost 80%
In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will ...
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The GALA altimeter
The GAnymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter consists of two electronics units and an optical component containing the laser and the telescope for the receiver. When ...
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JANUS camera system
The JANUS camera system is the 'eye' of the JUICE mission. It will primarily provide high-resolution multispectral images of Jupiter's large moons. The camera was selected by ESA in February 2013 as ...