{"id":12852,"date":"2016-07-05T01:29:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T05:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12852"},"modified":"2016-07-05T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T16:24:05","slug":"juno-successfully-enters-orbit-around-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12852","title":{"rendered":"Juno successfully enters orbit around Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Here is a video of the jubilant briefing held shortly after it was confirmed that the spacecraft was in orbit around Jupiter:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LH_uPWU5V3o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/juno\" target=\"_blank\">NASA&#8217;s\u00a0Juno<\/a> spacecraft successfully fired its engine and went\u00a0into orbit around Jupiter:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasas-juno-spacecraft-in-orbit-around-mighty-jupiter\" target=\"_d\">NASA&#8217;s Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12854\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=12854\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PIA20703_1400[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001-1024x527.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12854\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"PIA20703_1400[1]\" width=\"520\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PIA20703_14001.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After an almost five-year journey to the solar system\u2019s largest planet, NASA&#8217;s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter\u2019s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 p.m. PDT (11:53 p.m. EDT) Monday, July 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cIndependence Day always is something to celebrate, but today we can add to America\u2019s birthday another reason to cheer &#8212; Juno is at Jupiter,\u201d said NASA administrator Charlie Bolden. \u201cAnd what is more American than a NASA mission going boldly where no spacecraft has gone before? With Juno, we will investigate the unknowns of Jupiter\u2019s massive radiation belts to delve deep into not only the planet\u2019s interior, but into how Jupiter was born and how our entire solar system evolved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of a successful orbit insertion was received from Juno tracking data monitored at the navigation facility at NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, as well as at the Lockheed Martin Juno operations center in Littleton, Colorado. The telemetry and tracking data were received by NASA&#8217;s Deep Space Network antennas in Goldstone, California, and Canberra, Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThis is the one time I don\u2019t mind being stuck in a windowless room on the night of the 4th of July,\u201d said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. \u201cThe mission team did great. The spacecraft did great. We are looking great. It\u2019s a great day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Preplanned events leading up to the orbital insertion engine burn included changing the spacecraft\u2019s attitude to point the main engine in the desired direction and then increasing the spacecraft\u2019s rotation rate from 2 to 5 revolutions per minute (RPM) to help stabilize it..<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r5SuUY7dF1w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The burn of Juno\u2019s 645-Newton Leros-1b main engine began on time at 8:18 p.m. PDT (11:18 p.m. EDT), decreasing the spacecraft\u2019s velocity by 1,212 miles per hour (542 meters per second) and allowing Juno to be captured in orbit around Jupiter. Soon after the burn was completed, Juno turned so that the sun\u2019s rays could once again reach the 18,698 individual solar cells that give Juno its energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThe spacecraft worked perfectly, which is always nice when you\u2019re driving a vehicle with 1.7 billion miles on the odometer,\u201d said Rick Nybakken, Juno project manager from JPL. \u201cJupiter orbit insertion was a big step and the most challenging remaining in our mission plan, but there are others that have to occur before we can give the science team the mission they are looking for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the next few months, Juno\u2019s mission and science teams will perform final testing on the spacecraft\u2019s subsystems, final calibration of science instruments and some science collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cOur official science collection phase begins in October, but we\u2019ve figured out a way to collect data a lot earlier than that,\u201d said Bolton. \u201cWhich when you\u2019re talking about the single biggest planetary body in the solar system is a really good thing. There is a lot to see and do here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Juno&#8217;s principal goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. With its suite of nine science instruments, Juno will investigate the existence of a solid planetary core, map Jupiter&#8217;s intense magnetic field, measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere, and observe the planet&#8217;s auroras. The mission also will let us take a giant step forward in our understanding of how giant planets form and the role these titans played in putting together the rest of the solar system. As our primary example of a giant planet, Jupiter also can provide critical knowledge for understanding the planetary systems being discovered around other stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Juno spacecraft launched on Aug. 5, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. JPL manages the Juno mission for NASA. Juno is part of NASA&#8217;s New Frontiers Program, managed at NASA&#8217;s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency\u2019s Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the Juno mission is available at:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/juno\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/juno<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAJuno\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAJuno<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/NASAJuno\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/NASAJuno<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here is an infographic (<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">full size<\/a>) about the harsh radiation environment that Juno will endure during its mission at the largest gas giant in our solar system:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12853\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=12853\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,5725\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Print&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Print\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1-1024x977.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12853 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1-1024x977.jpg\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"520\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1-1024x977.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1-768x733.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/junoinfographic1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Full size version<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Update: Here is a video of the jubilant briefing held shortly after it was confirmed that the spacecraft was in orbit around Jupiter: ] NASA&#8217;s\u00a0Juno spacecraft successfully fired its engine and went\u00a0into orbit around Jupiter: NASA&#8217;s Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter After an almost five-year journey to the solar system\u2019s largest planet, &hellip; 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