Juno is expected to deploy its solar panels when it reaches space. The length of each panel is 8.9 meters, and the spaceship's "wings" span is 20 meters
No one will open this suitcase before the flight. The spacecraft worth about a billion dollars will take off in one of the two launch windows in August (August 5th or August 27th) on top of the powerful rocket. The duration of the first launch window is only about an hour and a half. Heavy clouds, winds or a malfunction could delay the launch for about 20 days.
Juno is expected to deploy its solar panels when it reaches space. The length of each panel is 8.9 meters, and the spaceship's "wings" span is 20 meters. This is the largest research spacecraft ever launched by NASA. The spacecraft in second place is Dawn, the one currently orbiting the asteroid Vesta, and smaller than Juno by only a few tens of centimeters. The solar panels are so large because the hexadecimal radiation in the Jupiter region is relatively low, and the spacecraft does not have a nuclear power source like Cassini.
Juno will explore Jupiter's atmosphere, but will place special emphasis on searching for water. According to the models of the mid-2s, Jupiter should have a considerable amount of water. At the same time, the "Galileo" spacecraft, which was sent into the atmosphere of the gas giant, discovered thirsty dryness instead of promising HXNUMXO clouds, the question was whether the models were defective, or whether "Galileo" fell on an especially dry area. Juno should put an end to the discussion on the subject.
The Delta V rocket that will carry Juno into space is a medium-heavy weight rocket. Its height is about 59 meters, and its weight is about 335 tons. It is a two-stage rocket that can bring up to ten tons to geostationary orbit. More than enough for the Juno spacecraft, which weighs about 3.5 tons.
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Thank you ….
I noticed he was glowing
I have another question
As we know, the Earth orbits the Sun in the form of an ellipse
How long does it take for him to return to the first epilepsy?
And for example with Tzedek, how many alphas does he make until he returns to the first alpha
Where can I find information about this?
Yes, that's right, Jupiter is the brightest star late at night.
Why is no one answering me, I have a question...
Is the star that is visible at night at 1 o'clock or more from the east and a little south is Jupiter???
You're right.
However, this mission includes other research goals: studying the core of Jupiter, mapping its strong magnetic field, measuring the amount of ammonia and not just the water in the inner atmosphere, and studying the aurora on Jupiter.
Researching life on Europe is very problematic. Life, if it exists, will be below the surface, which means digging through the ice. Ice that you don't know what its depth is and what its density is, what will you bring to dig in it? What's more, expensive intelligence missions will be needed beforehand.
Perhaps it is possible to find remains of life in the ice itself, but for that you need to identify a site where a robotic spacecraft would have a high chance of finding such a thing. Such a decision on a landing site requires a lot of information in the first place - which we currently do not have.
Oded Avraham
It seems silly to me to send such an expensive spacecraft on a mission to detect water in Jupiter's atmosphere..or rather are the models from the 90s wrong.
It would have been better to focus on studying the intriguing moon Europa that has the potential to hold life.