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Media invitation: Juice launch media opportunities

30/03/2023 2353 views 4 likes
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In brief

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will launch from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana on Thursday 13 April 2023. Journalists are invited to join the online pre-launch press briefings on 6 April 2023 and to participate in a European launch event on 13 April 2023 at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

Please note that journalists wishing to attend several of the events mentioned below should register for each activity separately to ensure that they receive the right link/information for each event.

In-depth

Online pre-launch press briefing per language

Online pre-launch media briefing in English (Thursday 6 April, 14:00-15:00 CEST)
Participants
:
Olivier Witasse, Juice Project Scientist, ESA

Ruedeger Albat, Head of Ariane 5 Programme, ESA

Alessandro Atzei, Payload System Engineer, ESA

Please note that the online media briefing in English will be broadcast live on ESA WebTV

Online question and answer session in French (Thursday 6 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST)

Participants
:
Olivier Witasse, Juice Project Scientist, ESA

Daniel de Chambure, Head of Space Transportation at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA

Ines Belgacem, Research Fellow, ESA

Online question and answer session in German (Thursday 6 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST)

Participants
:
Nicolas Altobelli, Juice Mission Manager, ESA

Andrea Accommazzo, Flight Operations Director, ESA

Ruedeger Albat, Head of Ariane 5 and Future Preparation, ESA

Online question and answer session in Italian (Thursday 6 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST)

Participants
:
Alessandro Atzei, Payload System Engineer, ESA

Lucia Linares, Head Strategy & Institutional Launches, ESA

Launch media event at ESOC

Juice launch (artist’s impression)
Juice launch (artist’s impression)

Programme - Thursday 13 April 2023 (all times in CEST)

10:00 – Arrival media

10:30 – Media briefing in the press centre 

11:30 – Interview opportunities 

13.30 – Start of the stage programme in the conference centre

14.15 – Launch of Juice on board Ariane 5 

16:00 – Further interview opportunities

ESA spokespeople and experts, as well as spokespeople from Arianespace, Airbus and other partners, will be available on site for interviews.

In the event of one-day launch delay, the programme above will be held again on Friday 14 April.

ESA Web TV
The English pre-launch press briefing, as well as the launch, will be streamed via ESA Web TV.

Juice launch and deployment timeline
Juice launch and deployment timeline

Registration

Please express interest by 5 April at 17:00 CEST for the English, French, German and Italian pre-launch press briefings and by 10 April for the European Launch Event, by selecting and completing the relevant form at https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form.


Please remember that journalists wishing to attend several of the opportunities mentioned above should register for each activity separately to ensure that they receive the right link/information for each event.

More Information

The Juice mission kit is now available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. 


Learn more about Juice at esa.int/Juice.

Online pre-launch press briefings

ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office 

Email: media@esa.int

Launch media event at ESOC 

ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Simona Nichiteanu & Bernhard von Weyhe

Email: media@esa.int

Exploring Jupiter and Ganymede (artist’s impression)
Exploring Jupiter and Ganymede (artist’s impression)

Images
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Search?SearchText=juice&result_type=images
ESA's Photo Library for Professionals:
 https://www.esa-photolibrary.com/
Terms and conditions for using ESA images:
 www.esa.int/spaceinimages/ESA_Multimedia/Copyright_Notice_Images
For questions or more information related to ESA images, please contact directly spaceinimages@esa.int

Videos
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Search?SearchText=Juice&result_type=videos
ESA's Video Library for Professionals:
 https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos_for_Professionals
Terms and conditions for using ESA videos: 
https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions
For questions or more information related to ESA videos, please contact directly spaceinvideos@esa.int

Juice orbiting Jupiter (artist’s impression)
Juice orbiting Jupiter (artist’s impression)

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