Europe’s mission to Jupiter’s icy moons Juice satellite is ready.

January 24, 2023

Europe’s space mission to icy moons of Jupiter is ready for launch. The final testing of Juice satellite will take place in Toulouse in France.
Subsequently, the satellite will be shipped to South America. The satellite will be launched in April, according to a report.
JUICE stands for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission.
The spacecraft will make a series of flybys of Jupiter’s planet-sized moons – Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. The objective is to ascertain whether Callisto, Ganymede and Europa are habitable or not.
Juice satellite will undertake a journey of 6.6 billion kilometres that will last 8.5 years. It will reach Jupiter in July, 2031.
Subsequently, it will undertake 35 flybys around the Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. Finally, it will settle around Ganymede by the end of 2034.
The European Space Agency is heading the project. Aerospace company Airbus is leading the construction of JUpiter ICy moons Explorer at an estimated cost of £1.4 billion, as per the report.
In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilee discovered four major moons of Jupiter — Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and Io. Juice will not inspect Io.
There are 80 moons of Jupiter. International Astronomical Union has given names to 57 of them.
- Main moons of Jupiter are Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and Io.
Scientists are curious to study Jupiter as the planet has one of the largest moon systems in the universe.