HomeSpace FlightESA's JUICE mission has a 1-second launch window. Here's why.

ESA’s JUICE mission has a 1-second launch window. Here’s why.

Europe’s upcoming Jupiter mission has only one second a day in which it can  launch and hit the correct trajectory that will take it to the gas giant planet in eight years’ time. Fortunately, the mission will have one of these one-second windows each day until the end of April. 

The universe truly has to align for the European Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission to lift off. The spacecraft is taking a long and winding route through the inner solar system, taking advantage of the gravity of the planets Venus and Earth, as well as Earth’s moon, to reach its destination using the least fuel possible. 

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