N° 8–2023: Call for interest: Juice launch media programme at Europe’s Spaceport

The media launch programme, which is outlined below, is part of a wide range of media activities available to journalists on this unique scientific mission.

ESA will also offer interview opportunities in Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish in the weeks leading up to launch. In addition, journalists will be invited to join an online press briefing in English on 6 April 2023, and to register for a launch media event at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, on 13 April 2023. Media accreditation for all these opportunities will open shortly.

Europe and its international partners are sending Juice to explore Jupiter and its three largest icy moons– Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of ten unique science instruments, one experiment and one radiation monitor.

The mission will characterise these ocean-bearing moons as both planetary objects and possible habitats for life. It will also explore Jupiter’s complex environment in depth and study the wider Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants across the Universe.

Juice will complete several Solar System firsts. It will be the first spacecraft ever to orbit a moon other than our own – Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede. And en route to Jupiter it is expected to perform the first ever lunar-Earth gravity assist to save propellant.

Juice will also be the last ESA mission to launch on an Ariane 5 from ESA’s Spaceport in Kourou, before Ariane 6 takes over.

Programme

*Please note that the programme can be modified at short notice because of operational constraints. 

Monday 10 April – Friday 14 April 2023

• Ariane 5 rollout to launchpad;
• Visit of the Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launch control centres;
• Visit of Ariane 6 launch facilities;
• Launch viewing from the media centre at the Jupiter control complex or from the Toucan viewing site; 

ESA spokespeople and experts, as well as spokespeople from Arianespace, CNES, ArianeGroup, Airbus and other partners, will be available on site for interviews.

Registration

Please express interest by Monday 13 March at 12:00 CET for the launch media programme in Kourou, French Guiana, by selecting and completing the relevant form at https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form

Please note:

• ESA will recommend flight dates and accommodation options to confirmed participants to facilitate the trip;
• because the number of places is very limited, ESA cannot guarantee all interested media will be able to join this visit; 
• accreditation formalities to access the Europe’s Spaceport will have to be completed immediately after confirmation of participation; 
• yellow fever vaccination is compulsory to enter French Guiana (this will be checked at the airport).  

More Information

The Juice mission kit is available here in English.

Learn more about Juice at esa.int/Juice

Images

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Search?SearchText=juice&result_type=images

ESA's Photo Library for Professionals:

https://www.esa-photolibrary.com/

Terms and conditions for using ESA images:

www.esa.int/spaceinimages/ESA_Multimedia/Copyright_Notice_Images

For questions or more information related to ESA images, please contact directly spaceinimages@esa.int

Videos

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Search?SearchText=Juice&result_type=videos

ESA's Video Library for Professionals:

https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos_for_Professionals

Terms and conditions for using ESA videos: https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

For questions or more information related to ESA videos, please contact directly spaceinvideos@esa.int

Social Media

@ESA_JUICE @esascience #ESAJuice 

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About the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.

ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are Associate Members.

ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int

For further information

ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Adelina Campos de Carvalho, Beatriz Arias

Email: media@esa.int