{"id":43559,"date":"2023-04-11T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=117852"},"modified":"2023-04-11T10:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:32:31","slug":"watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the live launch of the new JUICE mission to Jupiter this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Find out when the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission is launching and how to watch it live. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Iain Todd\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 11 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">On 13 April 2023 ESA\u2019s JUICE mission is due to launch at 12:15 UTC \/ 13:15 BST \/ 14:15 CEST from <a href=\"\/\/www.esa.int\/Enabling_Support\/Space_Transportation\/Europe_s_Spaceport\/Europe_s_Spaceport2&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">When it launches, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer will be 8 eight years from its final destination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">The mission is preparing to explore <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/astrophotography\/planets\/jupiter\/&quot;\">Jupiter<\/a>, the largest planet in the Solar System, and its icy <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/astrophotography\/planets\/jupiter-galilean-moons\/&quot;\">Galilean moons<\/a> Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Find out more about the science in our guide to the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-missions\/juice-jupiter-moons\/&quot;\">JUICE mission<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/esa-juice-mission-jupiter-moons-7603280.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/esa-juice-mission-jupiter-moons-7603280.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/esa-juice-mission-jupiter-moons-7603280.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-117271\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/esa-juice-mission-jupiter-moons-7603280.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;1200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;800&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Artist\u2019s impression of the JUICE mission exploring Jupiter\u2019s moons. Credit: ESA\/ATG Medialab, Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>These moons are thought to host subsurface oceans, meaning they are prime locations in the Solar System to search for habitable conditions and the signs of life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p3&quot;\">JUICE will swoop past Callisto, Ganymede and Europa before inserting into orbit around Ganymede in 2034.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C300,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C355,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C355,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C405,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C405,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C554&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C554&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C620&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C620&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C408,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C408,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C556&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C556&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-117269\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/25\/2023\/03\/galgn1961007-6b1ee65.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C620&quot;\" width=\"&quot;1024&quot;\" height=\"&quot;1024&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> A view of Ganymede captured by NASA\u2019s Galileo probe, 26 June 1996. Credit: NASA\/JPL<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<h2><strong>JUICE mission launch times<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>JUICE launch times<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>All times are in UTC on 13 April 2023 and supplied by the <a href=\"\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Space_Science\/Juice\/How_to_follow_the_Juice_launch_live&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">European Space Agency<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>12:15 \u2013 <\/strong>JUICE launches atop its Ariane 5 rocket<\/li>\n<li><strong>12:42 \u2013 <\/strong>JUICE separates from the Ariane 5 upper stage<\/li>\n<li><strong>12:51 \u2013 <\/strong>Earliest time ESA scientists expect to receive JUICE signal<\/li>\n<li><strong>13:55 \u2013 <\/strong>Expected completion of solar array deployment<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2><strong>How to watch the JUICE launch live online<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The European Space Agency will be live streaming the launch and you can watch all the action online via <a href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/fy-5xNs8FMI?feature=share&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> or ESA Web TV, with pre-launch coverage beginning at 11:45 UTC on 13 April 2023.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ESA Web TV<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"&quot;ls_embed_1681206930&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/362\/events\/6350312\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false&quot;\" width=\"&quot;640&quot;\" height=\"&quot;360&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" scrolling=\"&quot;no&quot;\" allowfullscreen=\"&quot;allowfullscreen&quot;\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Find out when the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission is launching and how to watch it live. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43560,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week.jpg",2000,2000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week-1024x1024.jpg",800,800,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/04\/watch-the-live-launch-of-the-new-juice-mission-to-jupiter-this-week.jpg",2000,2000,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Find out when the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission is launching and how to watch it live.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}