ESA’s Juice Just Used Earth as a Slingshot to Jupiter
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ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
ESA’s Juice spacecraft raced past Earth on September 28, using our planet’s gravity to dramatically reshape its path toward Jupiter without burning much fuel. The flyby changed its direction by 20 degrees and increased its speed by 3.5 km/s, while also giving scientists a rare chance to test its instruments on Earth and the Moon.
Passage near the planet changed the trajectory of the mission and helped save fuel to study the frozen moons of the gas giant
Earth Flyby: Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) | Jupiter Arrival in 2031
Earth Flyby: Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) | Jupiter Arrival in 2031On September 28, 2026, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) successfully completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. Flight controllers guided the spacecraft close to our home planet to increase its velocity by 3.5 km/s and deflect its trajectory by an angle of 20°. As JUICE flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean, it snapped a series of i…
The European probe Juice approached the Earth on 28 September at only 8640 km of altitude. This gravitational assistance manoeuvre increased its speed by 3.5 km/s and changed its heading by 20 degrees to deep space. Without this free thrust, the ship would never have the fuel needed to reach its distant destination in 2031.
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