Open AccessNASA's Juno Spacecraft Set to Orbit Jupiter Starting 4 July
Author(s) -
Randy Showstack
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo054513
Subject(s) - jupiter (rocket family) , spacecraft , astrobiology , astronomy , orbit (dynamics) , physics , aerospace engineering , engineering
The spacecraft's titanium vault and a polar orbiting flight plan that avoids intense radiation regions around Jupiter's equator will help reduce damage to Juno's instruments.