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3:00 p.m. : This was the other milestone of this event, the Juice probe, which is heading for Jupiter, successfully separated from the Ariane rocket. As expected, the launcher separated at an altitude of 1,500 kilometers, 27 minutes after launching from the Guiana Space Center. Ariane 5 mission “is a success”declared Stéphane Israël, the president of Arianespace.
Astronaut trainee Raphaël Liégeois, Prince Gabriel, King Philippe of Belgium and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher. (POOL ERIC LALMAND / BELGA MAG / BELGA VIA AFP)
2:57 p.m. : If you missed it, you can relive the successful launch of the Ariane 5 rocket, with the European Space Agency’s Juice mission on board.
2:22 p.m. : Twenty-four hours after its postponement due to bad weather, the space probe has rushed to the moment in the direction of Jupiter, in search of habitable environments for extraterrestrial life.
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2:17 p.m. : The Ariane 5 rocket, with the European Space Agency’s Juice mission on board, which is going to explore Jupiter, has just taken off!
2:18 p.m. : Take-off is imminent. After a last-minute postponement yesterday, space probe Juice is due to launch to Jupiter and its icy moons in less than 3 minutes, at 2:14 p.m. You can follow this moment live here.
08:03 : The new targeted launch date is April 14, 2023, at: 08:14 am Washington, DC time, 09:14 am Kourou time, 12:14 pm Universal time (UTC), 02:14 pm Paris time , 12:14 am, April 15, Tokyo time.
07:59 : Speaking of the Juice mission, we give you the very good paper of our journalist Louis San, who tells you everything there is to know about the space probe, while waiting for its big departure at the beginning of the afternoon .
08:12 : Scientists from the Bordeaux astrophysics laboratory, based in Pessac, participated in the scientific preparation of the Juice mission. Those who regularly collaborate with NASA have equipped the probe which will observe Jupiter and its moons, according to France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine.