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2016-07-03, 06:13

Juno set to arrive at Jupiter July 4th, 2016

Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit



This Fourth of July, NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. News briefings and live coverage will be held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

On the evening of July 4, Juno will perform a suspenseful orbit insertion maneuver, a 35-minute burn of its main engine, to slow the spacecraft by about 1,212 mph (542 meters per second) so it can be captured into the gas giant's orbit. Once in Jupiter's orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet's core, composition and magnetic fields.


NASA TV has events all day...

Monday, July 4 -- Orbit Insertion Day

9 a.m. PDT (Noon EDT) -- Pre-orbit insertion briefing at JPL

7:30 p.m. PDT (10:30 p.m. EDT) -- Orbit insertion and NASA TV commentary begin

10 p.m. PDT (1 a.m. EDT on July 5) -- Post-orbit insertion briefing at JPL
To watch all of these events online, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
http://www.ustream.tv/nasa
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

Live coverage on orbit insertion day also will be available online via Facebook Live at:

http://www.facebook.com/nasa
http://www.facebook.com/nasajpl

Follow the mission on social media at:

http://www.facebook.com/NASAJuno
http://www.twitter.com/NASAJuno


Main NASA Juno page:
http://www.nasa.gov/juno

Go Juno!

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