![]() Meanwhile, 2017 saw the spacecraft and instrument preliminary design reviews, as well as the Ground Segment Requirements Review, the latter of which was completed the following year in Dec. In March 2016, the Mission and System Requirements Review was completed, allowing Airbus to begin the design and construction phase of the mission. As prime contractor, Airbus would be responsible for designing, constructing, and testing JUICE, all of which was done at Airbus’ facility in Toulouse, France. 2013, and Airbus Defence and Space was selected as JUICE’s prime contractor in July 2015. Spacecraft payload selection took place in Feb. JUICE was selected as the first L-class mission (L1) of Cosmic Vision on May 2, 2012. Following the announcement of JUICE’s mission proposal, it became a candidate for the L-class mission of ESA’s Cosmic Vision program, which aims to select and launch solar system exploration and astronomy spacecraft. JUICE began as a re-formatted version of ESA’s Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter mission, which was a component of the canceled NASA/ESA Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace (EJSM-Laplace) proposal. NASASpaceflight conducted a one-on-one interview with Cyril Cavel, JUICE program manager at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse, France, for more information on the mission and how launch processing is progressing in French Guiana. Many milestones and goals lie ahead for the JUICE teams - both before and after launch. ![]() 9, 2023, and is currently being processed for its launch in April. JUICE’s suite of instruments will allow scientists to thoroughly explore and characterize the moons, each of which is thought to feature large bodies of liquid water beneath their surfaces - creating potentially habitable environments for life.įollowing the completion of construction and testing at an Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, JUICE was shipped to the CSG in French Guiana, where it arrived on Feb. Set for launch from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, on April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission will aim to uncover the secrets of Jupiter’s three largest icy moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
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