The spacecraft
Person to scale
All views as seen from the sun
Solar panels need to be large as jupiter receives 25 times less sunlight than Earth
Rotation makes Juno extremely stable and easy to control
Intense
radiation
belts
14 days the length of each science orbit. The final orbit ends with Juno crashing into Jupiter
Final orbit
Spare orbit 37
Mapping Jupiter
Approaching Jupiter
Europa
Callisto
Jupiter
Ganymede
Io
53.5 days the length of each of Juno’s two long orbits
Elongated orbits avoid the highest levels of radiation and are timed so that every latitude can be covered by Juno’s instruments
35-minute engine burn on 4 July slows Juno and places it into orbit around Jupiter
Mapping Jupiter
Intense
radiation
belts
14 days the length of each science orbit. The final orbit ends with Juno crashing into Jupiter
Final orbit
Spare orbit 37
Approaching Jupiter
The spacecraft
Person to scale
Europa
Callisto
Jupiter
Ganymede
Io
53.5 days the length of each of Juno’s two long orbits
Elongated orbits avoid the highest levels of radiation and are timed so that every latitude can be covered by Juno’s instruments
All views as seen from the sun
Solar panels need to be large as jupiter receives 25 times less sunlight than Earth
Rotation makes Juno extremely stable and easy to control
35-minute engine burn on 4 July slows Juno and places it into orbit around Jupiter