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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Built by Airbus Defence and Space · France
Updated Jun 2026·methodology
Overview
mission of the European Space Agency to explore Jupiter’s moons Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is a robotics product sourced from the Wikidata open knowledge base.
Specifications
Category: Research- Payload
- 280 kg
- Reach
- 900 mm
- Weight
- 6,070 kg
- Launch year
- 2020
- Price
- Contact for quote
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics2
- Dof
- 6
- Repeatability Mm
- 0.05
Power & battery1
- Power Consumption W
- 850
Sensors1
- Sensor Suite
- 10 scientific instruments including cameras, spectrometers, an ice-penetrating radar, an altimeter, a radio science experiment, a particle package, and magnetic and electric field sensors
Compute1
- Ros Compatible
- true
Safety & certifications1
- Safety Certification
- ISO 10218-1,ISO/TS 15066,CE
Other27
- Height Mm
- 4350
- Price Tier
- 150K+
- Applications
- sample_handling
- Sub Category
- space probe
- Api Available
- true
- Datasheet Url
- View Link
- Pricing Model
- purchase
- Force Limiting
- true
- Model Variants
- JUICE,Juice
- Operating Temp
- -230°C to +250°C
- Warranty Years
- 2
- Company Country
- FR
- Navigation Type
- gps
- Deployment Count
- 1
- Deployment Notes
- Arrived at Airbus satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen for final integration. Will undergo environmental testing at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
- Mounting Options
- Other instruments mounted on the spacecraft body; J-MAG and RPWI on a 10.6 m deployable boom; RIME on a 16 m deployable antenna; four 3 m booms for RPWI/LP-PWI; 3GM contained within the spacecraft bus
- Compatible Vision
- Cognex Deep Learning,Doosan Vision Package
- Description Short
- Airbus-built JUICE spacecraft for ESA's mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto, studying subsurface oceans and habitability.
- Industries Served
- aerospace,scientific research
- Software Platform
- DoosanTP
- Training Required
- basic_<1day
- Availability Status
- prototype
- Compatible Grippers
- Robotiq 2F-85,OnRobot RG2,OnRobot VG7
- Countries Available
- USA,South Korea,Germany,China,Japan
- Extras Contact Emails
- info@space.skyrocket.de,contact@space.skyrocket.de,press@space.skyrocket.de
- Programming Interface
- teach_pendant,drag_and_drop,code_python
- Additional Information
- The mission started as a reformulation of the Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter proposal, which was to be ESA's component of the cancelled Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace (EJSM-Laplace).,Juice was recommended over the proposed X-ray telescope ATHENA and the gravitational wave observatory LISA.,Airbus Defence and Space was selected as the prime contractor to design and build the probe, to be assembled in Toulouse, France.,The mission was estimated to cost ESA 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion).,Juice is the first interplanetary spacecraft to the outer Solar System planets not launched by the United States and the first set to orbit a moon other than Earth's Moon.,Juice is expected to reach Jupiter in July 2031 after four gravity assists and eight years of travel.,Juice will perform detailed investigations on Ganymede and evaluate its potential to support life.,Investigations of Europa and Callisto will complete a comparative picture of these Galilean moons.,Juice will study the composition of ices and minerals on the surfaces of the icy moons.,Juice will repeatedly map Jupiter's atmosphere and use its instruments to explore the poorly understood middle and upper atmosphere.,Juice will also conduct detailed studies of Jupiter’s magnetosphere and focus on its interactions with the Galilean moons.,Juice will study the subsurface oceans of the icy moons and the interaction of Jovian magnetic field with the magnetic field of Ganymede.
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