Listen Up Juice Launch - Eight Years to Jupiter.

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Slated for Thursday, if all goes well it will be the first combined moon/earth gravity assist.

 

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13.15 UK time.

 

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Video unavailable, well they will certainly be thirsty when juice does get there

 

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Video unavailable, well they will certainly be thirsty when huice does get there

Working here, just on 46 hours to go

 

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Back on after a day's delay

ESA Web TV

www.esa.int

 

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And a 40 second event for spectators.

ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 14:14 CEST on 14 April. The successful launch marks the beginning of an ambitious voyage to uncover the secrets of the ocean worlds around giant planet Jupiter.

www.esa.int

 

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Yes it is a looong trip in space

 

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At 1.1Mkm unlocked, just after tracking by New Norcia (Aus)
21.4MHz = 8435.979MHz (High side LO)
1.2m Prodelin 3122 dish 1dB NF LNA