Mastodawn

Because not only is the JUICE mission one of the most ambitious space missions of all times, the spacecraft also carries bevuta software on board. 🚀

Now, JUICE is on track to its Venus flyby, completing the second of four gravity assists. Way to go! 💪

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_team_resolves_anomaly_on_approach_to_Venus

#JUICE #ESA #SpaceMission #JupiterMoons #VenusFlyBy #Space

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Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth.The issue, which emerged during a routine ground station pass on 16 July, temporarily disrupted Juice’s ability to transmit information about its health and status (telemetry).Thanks to swift and coordinated action by the teams at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, and Juice’s manufacturer, Airbus, communication was restored in time to prepare for the upcoming planetary encounter.

Paolo Amoroso 1d ago

A crippling and subtle timing bug in the onboard software of the Jupiter bound JUICE spacecraft. It takes the right stuff to troubleshoot such an issue with the running system 200 million km away.

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_team_resolves_anomaly_on_approach_to_Venus

#JUICE #space #debugging

Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth.The issue, which emerged during a routine ground station pass on 16 July, temporarily disrupted Juice’s ability to transmit information about its health and status (telemetry).Thanks to swift and coordinated action by the teams at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, and Juice’s manufacturer, Airbus, communication was restored in time to prepare for the upcoming planetary encounter.

CNES 2d ago

#JUICE est de retour sur la bonne trajectoire 🚀🪐
La sonde en partance pour les lunes glacées de #Jupiter s’apprête à réaliser son survol de #Vénus le 31 août, après la résolution d’une anomalie qui avait brièvement perturbé ses communications avec la Terre.

#astronomie

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AkaSci 🛰️2d ago

FYI - during this Venus flyby, Juice is using its steerable medium-gain antenna for communication with earth. The larger high-gain antenna will remain pointed towards the Sun to act as a heat shield.

This also implies that the imaging systems of Juice will not take any pictures during this flyby.

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_team_resolves_anomaly_on_approach_to_Venus4/n
#ESA #Juice
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Daniel Fischer 2d ago

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer #JUICE is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at #Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication #anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_team_resolves_anomaly_on_approach_to_Venus

Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth.The issue, which emerged during a routine ground station pass on 16 July, temporarily disrupted Juice’s ability to transmit information about its health and status (telemetry).Thanks to swift and coordinated action by the teams at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, and Juice’s manufacturer, Airbus, communication was restored in time to prepare for the upcoming planetary encounter.