The Atlas V launch vehicle carrying Juno into space lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. A second burn was performed by the Centaur upper stage in order to place Juno on a trajectory around the Sun.
Archive for August, 2011
At the end of its mission Juno will not end up on a parking orbit. Juno will disintegrate in the Jovian upper atmosphere. This will prevent the contamination of the worlds around Jupiter (especially Europa).
Juno will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016. The Jupiter Orbital Insertion maneuver will result in a highly elliptical polar orbit with the periapsis in the equatorial plane of Jupiter. The orbit will allow Juno to skim the upper atmosphere below the radiation belt.
Juno launch is scheduled for August 5, 2011. A deep space maneuver will change the trajectory of the spacecraft which will perform a gravity assist maneuver in October 2013. The maneuver will provide the energy increase that will allow Juno to reach Jupiter\’s orbit.
United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 is the launch vehicle that will place Juno on its trajectory to Jupiter. Atlas V 551 is the most powerful Atlas rocket ever built.
Juno leaves Earth in August 2011. After two years it will swing by Earth and get the boost in velocity required to travel all the way to Jupiter.
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