Juice antennas

Engineers stand in front of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) with the high-gain antenna in full view, while the medium-gain antenna at top right is inspected from above. The high-gain antenna is covered with a temporary protective sheet that will later be removed.

Juice will make detailed observations of Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. The mission will investigate the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants and the Jupiter system as an archetype for the numerous giant exoplanets now known to orbit other stars.