Aside from a minor delay in acquiring the spacecraft's signal, the launch went flawlessly.
and its moons after performing a mind-bendingly complex series of gravity assist maneuvers around Earth, its moon and Venus.
Despite the somewhat gloomy weather at launch time, Friday's flight looked absolutely gorgeous thanks to the tropical location of Kourou in South America. In the launch photos, the Ariane 5 rises above lush green vegetation before disappearing into the gray skies above.Once it arrives in the Jovian system, JUICE will conduct studies of Jupiter and three of its largest moons: Ganymede, Callisto and.
The Ariane 5 rocket carrying the JUICE spacecraft lifts off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on April 14, 2023., bringing Europe's flagship Jupiter mission to a close.
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