Launch news
Juice’s September 2026 Earth flyby: the movie
On 28 September 2026, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) successfully completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. Flight controllers guided the spacecraft close to our home planet to increase its velocity by 3.5 km/s and deflect its trajectory by an angle of 20°.
| Summary | On 28 September 2026, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) successfully completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. Flight controllers guided the spacecraft close to our home planet to increase its velocity by 3.5 km/s and deflect its trajectory by an angle of 20°. |
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| Source | Spaceflight News — Launch news |
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| Feed | snapi/articles |
| Provider data as of | not stated |
| First observed here | 10 Oct 2026, 06:30 EDT |
| Last observed here | 11 Oct 2026, 17:11 EDT |
| In latest snapshot | Yes |
| Record identifier | b69252c0-f9a7-5a95-93dd-b57144b1afb6 |
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