JUICE Mission to Swing by Earth on September 28
The flyby will help steer JUICE toward Jupiter in 2031 while mission teams collect calibration data and images during the encounter.
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With a very special maneuver, the European space probe JUICE gains momentum for its long journey to the planet Jupiter: On Monday, it uses the Earth's gravitational field to make a change of course with a passing flight at a distance of only 8640 kilometres.
JUICE Mission to Swing by Earth on September 28
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter.
Instead of spending huge amounts of fuel to get to Jupiter, Juice is using the gravity of the planets as a kind of engine. The next help comes again from Earth, which will change its trajectory and give it more speed.
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