Juice mission successfully tests Callisto flyby simulation

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:53:59 GMT
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Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2024 In preparation for a critical mission maneuver in 2031, ESA's...

Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2024 In preparation for a critical mission maneuver in 2031, ESA's Juice spacecraft recently completed a simulated flyby of Jupiter's moon Callisto at the ESOC mission operations center in Germany. This early test involved tricking Juice's engineering model into believing it was navigating past Callisto, to evaluate the spacecraft's autonomous navigation software. Due to the significant communi