Angela Dietz

Planning of the JUICE/JANUS camera observations during the first ever Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist

Abstract. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, launched in April 2023, will reach the Jovian system in July 2031 and will conduct an extensive science campaign of the Jupiter system, with a strong focus on Jupiter itself and of its icy Galilean satellites. During it...

The JUICE Lunar–Earth gravity assist from trajectory design, navigation and spacecraft operations perspective

Abstract. This paper describes the world’s first-ever Lunar–Earth Gravity Assist (LEGA) performed by ESA’s JUICE spacecraft on 19–20 August 2024 from trajectory design, navigation and spacecraft operations point of view. This double flyby – Moon first, Earth second – enabled a la...