Payload and Spacecraft - JUICE
Payload
The JUICE spacecraft will carry a powerful remote sensing, geophysical, and in situ payload complement.
The payload consists of 10 state-of-the-art instruments plus one experiment that uses the spacecraft telecommunication system with ground-based instruments. This payload is capable of addressing all of the mission's science goals, from in situ measurements of Jupiter's atmosphere and plasma environment, to remote observations of the surface and interior of the three icy moons, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto.
A remote sensing package includes imaging (JANUS) and spectral-imaging capabilities from the ultraviolet to the sub-millimetre wavelengths (MAJIS, UVS, SWI). A geophysical package consists of a laser altimeter (GALA) and a radar sounder (RIME) for exploring the surface and subsurface of the moons, and a radio science experiment (3GM) to probe the atmospheres of Jupiter and its satellites and to perform measurements of the gravity fields. An in situ package comprises a powerful package to study the particle environment (PEP), a magnetometer (J-MAG) and a radio and plasma wave instrument (RPWI), including electric fields sensors and a Langmuir probe. An experiment (PRIDE) using ground-based very-long-baseline interferometry will provide precise determination of the spacecraft position and velocity.
The table below lists the JUICE experiments, their primary science contribution and key characteristics.
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JUICE spacecraft and payload activities
This page provides a quick status reports on the spacecraft and payload activities.
launch
JUICE was lifted into space by Ariane5 (flight VA260) at 12:14:29 UTC on the 14th of April 2023. After a nominal ascent of 28 minutes, the spacecraft was separated from the launcher at 12:42:17 UTC.
Deployment status
14 April: Solar panels
15 April: Medium Gain Antenna
21 April: Magnetometer boom
12 May: Radar antenna (both sides)
22 May: Langmuir probe #4 (RPWI instrument)
23 May: Radio waves antennas from the RPWI instrument, located on the magnetometer boom
24 May: Langmuir probe #2 (RPWI instrument)
25 May: Langmuir probe #3 (RPWI instrument)
26 May: Langmuir probe #1 (RPWI instrument)
Commissioning status
| Instruments | NECP (Open / On-going / Completed) |
NECP Start date |
NECP End date |
| MAJIS | Completed | 02/06/2023 | 02/06/2023 |
| SWI | Completed | 25/04/2023 | 11/07/2023 |
| GALA | Completed | 15/05/2023 | 15/05/2023 |
| RPWI | Completed | 19/04/2023 | 30/05/2023 |
| SCM | Completed | 19/04/2023 | 21/04/2023 |
| LP | Completed | 22/05/2023 | 26/05/2023 |
| RWI | Completed | 30/05/2023 | 30/05/2023 |
| RIME | Completed | 16/04/2023 | 04/07/2023 |
| 3GM-HAA | Completed | 16/04/2023 | 01/06/32023 |
| 3GM-KaT | Completed | 22/05/2023 | 22/05/2023 |
| 3GM-USO | Completed | 24/05/2023 | 24/05/2023 |
| JMAG | Completed | 21/04/2023 | 11/05/2023 |
| MAGBoom | Completed | 21/04/2023 | 21/04/2023 |
| JACS | Completed | 21/04/2023 | 21/04/2023 |
| JANUS | Completed | 15/05/2023 | 17/05/2023 |
| UVS | Completed | 15/06/2023 | 22/06/2023 |
| PEP-Lo | Completed | 30/05/2023 | 03/07/2023 |
| JDC | Completed | 30/05/2023 | 30/06/2023 |
| JEI | Completed | 30/05/2023 | 27/06/2023 |
| JNA | Completed | 30/05/2023 | 29/06/2023 |
| NIM | Completed | 31/05/2023 | 02/06/2023 |
| PEP-Hi | Completed | 24/05/2023 | 16/06/2023 |
| JENI | Completed | 05/06/2023 | 14/06/2023 |
| JOEE | Completed | 05/06/2023 | 05/06/2023 |
| RADEM | Completed | 16/04/2023 | 25/04/2023 |
next activities
- Start of the cruise phase
- Deep space maneuvre in November 2023
- First payload checkout in January 2024
SPACECRAFT
The JUICE spacecraft is a 3-axis stabilized platform that will accommodate 10 instruments. The power subsystem consists in a solar array with two wings of five panels each for a total surface of 85 m2 providing ~820 W at Jupiter (end of life conditions), and a Li-ion battery.
A 2.5 m diameter High Gain Antenna, using X- and Ka- bands, will ensure telemetry/telecommand links for routine operations, safe-mode, and radio science related investigations. At least, 1.4 Gbits of scientific data will be downloaded every day.
The propulsion system is a bi-propellant main engine plus a set of 10 thrusters. The two main mission manoeuvres are the Jupiter and Ganymede orbit insertions. Two vaults will provide to some electronics a shielding against the harsh Jupiter radiation environment, as well as adequate thermal conditions.
The spacecraft includes deployable appendices such as a 10.6 m boom supporting JMAG and RPWI sensors, a 16 m radar antenna, and a steerable medium gain antenna used for communication and radio-science investigations.
INSTRUMENT Publications and documents
In the following table all the documents/papers related to the Juice instruments have been listed. These documents have been agreed for public release.
| Title | Type | Author | Reference | Workshop | Location | Year | Link | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropospheric Delay Calibration System Performance During the First Two BepiColombo Solar Conjunctions | Scientific paper | R. Lasagni Manghi | 2023 | 3GM | ||||
| Thermal Control Interface Document | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-ICD-000127 | 2023 | spacecraft, report, thermal, control, subsystem, system, mechanic, electric, safety, constraints | ||||
| The successful recovery of the Juice RIME antenna deployment | Scientific paper | R. Le Letty | 2023 | Spacetech (STI), booms, ice penetrating radar, fail, anomaly | ||||
| The RADiation hard Electron Monitor (RADEM) for the Juice mission | Workshop | M. Pinto | Outer Planet Moon Magnetosphere Interaction | Netherlands | 2020 | |||
| The Particle Environment Package (PEP) for the JUICE mission: current status | Workshop | S. Barabash | Outer Planet Moon Magnetosphere Interaction | Ireland | 2024 | |||
| The Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE): Mission, science, and instrumentation of its receiver modules | Scientific paper | K. Enya | 2022 | GALA, JUICE, mission, Ganymede, Jupiter, topography, subsurface, tide, performance | ||||
| Spacecraft Telemetry Needs for Science Analysis | Document | JUI-ESOC-MOC-TN-105 | 2022 | spacecraft, report, telemetry, analysis, science, instrument, parameters | ||||
| Spacecraft Radiation Model | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-DN-000121 | 2016 | spacecraft, report, radiation, model, FASTRAD | ||||
| Spacecraft PFM Magnetic Test Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-TR-000316 | 2022 | spacecraft, report, magnetic, test, instrument | ||||
| Spacecraft PFM Conducted EMC Test Report | Document | JUI-ADSF-SYS-TR-000325 | 2022 | spacecraft, report, emc, test, pfm, power | ||||
| Spacecraft Design Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-DD-000122 | 2022 | spacecraft, design, report, system, subsystem | ||||
| Spacecraft Definition of House-Keeping telemetry | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-TN-000321 | 2023 | spacecraft, report, house-keeping, telemetry, database, reference | ||||
| Spacecraft Charging Analysis Report | Document | JUI-ADSF-SYS-TN-000171 | 2020 | spacecraft, report, charging, analysis, particle, environment | ||||
| Spacecraft Alignment Budget Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-RP-000591 | 2023 | spacecraft, report, budget, alignment, transport, mechanic, thermal, instrument | ||||
| Radiation Effects and Modelling Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-RP-000316 | 2022 | spacecraft, report, radiation, modelling, instrument, tidl, tnidl | ||||
| Post Test Thermo-elastic Analysis Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-TN-000196 | 2023 | spacecraft, report, thermo-elastic, analysis, structure | ||||
| Planetary radio interferometry and Doppler experiment as an operational component of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission | Scientific paper | V. Pallichadath | 2024 | Interferometry VLBI Planetary missions Space science missions Radio astronomy JUICE PRIDE | ||||
| Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) of the JUICE Mission | Scientific paper | L. I. Gurvits | 2023 | VLBI, Doppler tracking, State vector determination | ||||
| Pictures of JUICE integration | Document | JUI-EST-AIT-HO-003 | 2019 | spacecraft, report, structure, instrument, integration, conception | ||||
| NavCam Design Description and Budgets | Document | NFU_00024053 | 2018 | spacecraft, report, budgets, navcam, design, instrument, datasheet, detection, optic, mode | ||||
| Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) on Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) | Scientific paper | F. Poulet | 2024 | Juice, Jupiter, Jovian satellites, Imaging spectroscopy, Visible, Infrared | ||||
| Monitoring JUICE deployment operations with high-accuracy accelerometer data | Scientific paper | U. De Filippis | 2024 | HAA, sensitivity, bandwidth, measurement, vibrations, dynamic | ||||
| Micro-vibration Analysis Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-TN-000188 | 2018 | spacecraft, report, micro-vibration, analysis, sadm, mga, subsystem, instrument | ||||
| Magnetic Cleanliness Report | Document | JUI-ADSF-SYS-RP-000137 | 2022 | spacecraft, report, magnetic, cleanliness, instrument, test | ||||
| Europa-UVS and Juice-UVS Plans for Auroral and Airglow Observations of Moon-Magnetosphere interactions | Workshop | K. Retherford | Outer Planet Moon Magnetosphere Interaction | Netherlands | 2020 | |||
| Europa Clipper/Juice Instrument Comparison | Document | |||||||
| Electric Cleanliness Report | Document | JUI-ADSF-SYS-RP-000174 | 2022 | spacecraft, report, electric, cleanliness, emission, rpwi, rime, pep, particle, plasma | ||||
| Calibration of the Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS): Introduction to the special collection and summary of the performances | Scientific paper | F. Poulet | 2024 | Spacecrafts, Jovian satellites, Galilean moons, Space instruments, Imaging spectroscopy, Radiation shielding, Optical coatings, Optical elements | ||||
| Calibration of MAJIS (Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer): V. Validation with mineral samples and reference materials | Scientific paper | S. Rodriguez | 2024 | Image processing, Jovian satellites, Optical imaging, Optical properties, Minerals, Imaging spectroscopy, Surface and interface chemistry, Absorption band | ||||
| Calibration of MAJIS (Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer). III. Spectral calibration | Scientific paper | P. Haffoud | 2024 | Spacecrafts, Imaging spectroscopy, Infrared imaging, Atomic spectral lines, Monochromators, Optical aberrations, Optical devices, Optical instruments | ||||
| Calibration of MAJIS (Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer). II. Spatial calibration | Scientific paper | G. Filacchione | 2024 | Passive radiator, Spacecrafts, Telemetry, Imaging spectroscopy, Optical imaging, Monochromators, Optical devices, Optical elements, Optical properties, Telescopes | ||||
| CAD Models | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-ML-000125 | 2022 | spacecraft, cad, model | ||||
| CAD Images with Annotations | Document | ADCO01-00163323 | 2021 | spacecraft, image, subsystem, conception | ||||
| Budgets Report | Document | JUI-ADST-SYS-RP-000132 | 2022 | spacecraft, budgets, report, mass, power, propellant |