ArianespaceAriane 5 ECA+Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)
Launched
April 14, 2023 · 12:14 UTC
Image: ESA/S. Corvaja
Summary
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA+ from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on April 14, 2023 at 12:14 UTC. It was Arianespace's 313th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,426th orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Ariane 5 ECA+ flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA+ · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
- Milestone
- 10th Ariane 5 ECA+ flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 313th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,426th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- JUICE · NORAD 56176 · left Earth orbit April 14, 2023
Ariane 5 L5120 ESC-D · left Earth orbit April 14, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
JUICE is an ESA mission to study some of the Jupiter's moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
News
Earth today, Jupiter tomorrow: An insight into Juice’s recent Earth flybyOn 28 September, ESA’s Juice mission reached another important Jupiter-bound milestone with its penultimate gravity assist manoeuvre: a flyby of Earth. This encounter, however, was not only an essential step on the road to Jupiter, but an opportunity to rehearse the observations and operations that will define Juice’s exploration of the Jovian system.
Juice’s September 2026 Earth flyby: the movieOn 28 September 2026, ESA’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°.
Successful Earth flyby improves Juice’s course to JupiterThe European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) skimmed the very outer edge of Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September, using the gravity of our home planet to alter its route to Jupiter using very little fuel.
Juice to fly past Earth for third gravity assistThe European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
117th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 318th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 14, 9:14 AM GMT-3, in daylight
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
121 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Successful launch of JUICE on its journey to the Jovian system.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 4/14/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/14/2023 · source
Setting back to GO
Nosu · 4/13/2023 · source
Scrub due to weather. Setting TBC 24 hours later, pending official confirmation.
Nosu · 4/13/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/13/2023 · source
T-0 confirmed
Nosu · 3/29/2023 · source
Adding second to T-0
Nosu · 3/21/2023 · source
Added launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/17/2023 · source
Now targeting April 13th
Jay · 2/13/2023 · source
Questions
When did JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) launch?
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) launched on April 14, 2023 at 12:14 UTC.
Where can I watch JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)?
Coverage: Flight VA260 – Destination Jupiter | JUICE | Ariane 5 Launch I Arianespace; [POSTPONED] Flight VA260 – Destination Jupiter | JUICE | Ariane 5 Launch I Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)?
Ariane 5 ECA+, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA+ spec sheet
Where did JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Apr 14, 9:14 AM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit was JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) going to?
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A), a planetary science mission.
How many satellites did JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).