Juno enters orbit around Jupiter
Date in UTC
Juno entered Jupiter orbit after its journey from Earth. Began the orbital phase of its investigation of Jupiter. July 4 in US reporting; July 5 in Universal Time.
Historical significance
Began the orbital phase of its investigation of Jupiter.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Orbit insertion
- Mission
- Juno
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Destination
- planet
- Target body
- Jupiter
- Country
- US
Context and qualifications
July 4 in US reporting; July 5 in Universal Time.
Sources and attribution
- NASA — Basics of Space Flight: Cruise (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to NASA.