Juno mission

Juno Mission is a Jet Propulsion Laboratory project. Juno spacecraft successfully entered the orbit of Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Juno's mission is to peer, for the first time, below the dense cover of Jupiter's clouds in hopes of answering questions about the origins of the gas giant and the solar system. Juno will use long-proven technologies, on a spinning spacecraft, placed in an elliptical polar orbit. Juno will observe Jupiter's gravity and magnetic fields, atmospheric dynamics and composition.

Mission events

 * Launch - August 5, 2011
 * Deep Space Maneuvers - August/September 2012
 * Earth flyby gravity assist - October 2013
 * Jupiter arrival and orbit insertion - July 4, 2016
 * End of mission (deorbit into Jupiter) - Juno will continue to operate within the current budget plan through July 2018, for a total of 12 science orbits. The team can then propose to extend the mission during the next science review cycle.

Scientific instruments

 * Gravity Science
 * Magnetometer (MAG)
 * Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
 * Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI)
 * Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE)
 * Waves
 * Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVS)
 * Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM)
 * JunoCam