After a five year journey the craft entered orbit of jupiter on 5 july 2016 utc for a multi year mission to peer into jupiter s atmosphere and provide global scientific coverage of the planet.
Satellite launched to jupiter.
It then became the first spacecraft to fly past saturn and.
The exploration of jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft it began with the arrival of pioneer 10 into the jovian system in 1973 and as of 2016 has continued with eight further spacecraft missions all of these missions were undertaken by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa and all but two have been flybys that have taken detailed.
Not included are most earth science satellites commercial satellites or manned missions.
Introduction while jupiter has been known since ancient times the first detailed observations of this planet were made by galileo galilei in 1610 with a small telescope.
Pioneer 10 and 11 and voyager 1 and 2 were the first to fly by jupiter in the 1970s and since then we ve sent galileo to orbit the gas.
It weighs 3 2 tonnes the heaviest so far to be indigenously launched.
Edt friday to begin a five year journey to jupiter.
Launched in april 1973 the pioneer 11 spacecraft followed its sister satellite pioneer 10 through the asteroid belt and past jupiter.
More recently this planet has been visited by passing spacecraft orbiters and probes.
Nasa s solar powered juno spacecraft lifted off from cape canaveral air force station in florida at 9 25 a m.
Juno is a nasa space probe orbiting the planet jupiter after entering orbit on july 5 2016.
Somanath said we are trying to increase the capability of carrying 2 5 tonne satellites to over 10 tonne satellites in.
First satellites from each country are included.
Juno will improve our understanding of the solar system s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of jupiter.
The prelude to 20 months of scientific data collection to be followed by a planned deorbit.