Spacecraft and instrument activities - JUICE
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 |
% of the NECP activity |
MAJIS | Open | 02/06/2023 | 02/06/2023 | 0% |
SWI | On-going | 25/04/2023 | 11/07/2023 | 25% |
GALA | Completed | 15/05/2023 | 15/05/2023 | 100% |
RPWI | On-going | 19/04/2023 | 30/05/2023 | 80% |
SCM | Completed | 19/04/2023 | 21/04/2023 | 100% |
LP | Completed | 22/05/2023 | 26/05/2023 | 100% |
RWI | Completed | 30/05/2023 | 30/05/2023 | 100% |
RIME | On-going | 16/04/2023 | 04/07/2023 | 33% |
3GM-HAA | On-going | 16/04/2023 | 01/06/32023 | 33% |
3GM-KaT | Completed | 22/05/2023 | 22/05/2023 | 100% |
3GM-USO | Completed | 24/05/2023 | 24/05/2023 | 100% |
JMAG | Completed | 21/04/2023 | 11/05/2023 | 100% |
MAGBoom | Completed | 21/04/2023 | 21/04/2023 | 100% |
JACS | Completed | 21/04/2023 | 21/04/2023 | 100% |
JANUS | Completed | 15/05/2023 | 17/05/2023 | 100% |
UVS | Open | 15/06/2023 | 22/06/2023 | 0% |
PEP-Lo | Open | 30/05/2023 | 03/07/2023 | 0% |
JDC | Open | 30/05/2023 | 30/06/2023 | 0% |
JEI | Open | 30/05/2023 | 27/06/2023 | 0% |
JNA | Open | 30/05/2023 | 29/06/2023 | 0% |
NIM | Open | 31/05/2023 | 02/06/2023 | 0% |
PEP-Hi | Open | 24/05/2023 | 16/06/2023 | 0% |
JENI | Open | 05/06/2023 | 14/06/2023 | 0% |
JOEE | Open | 05/06/2023 | 05/06/2023 | 0% |
RADEM | Completed | 16/04/2023 | 25/04/2023 | 100% |
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