N° 13–2023: Media invitation: Juice launch media opportunities
29 March 2023
ESA’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (Juice) will launch from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana on Thursday 13 April 2023.
Journalists are invited to join the online pre-launch press briefings on 6 April 2023 and to participate in a European launch event on 13 April 2023 at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
Please note that journalists wishing to attend several of the events mentioned below should register for each activity separately to ensure that they receive the right link/information for each event.
Online pre-launch press briefing per language
- Online pre-launch media briefing in English (Thursday 6 April, 14:00-15:00 CEST)
Participants
Olivier Witasse, Juice Project Scientist, ESA
Ruedeger Albat, Head of Ariane 5 Programme, ESA
Alessandro Atzei, Payload System Engineer, ESA
Please note that the online media briefing in English will be broadcast live on ESA WebTV
- Online question and answer session in French (Thursday 6 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST)
Participants
Olivier Witasse, Juice Project Scientist, ESA
Daniel de Chambure, Head of Space Transportation at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA
Ines Belgacem, Research Fellow, ESA
- Online question and answer session in German (Thursday 6 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST)
Participants
Nicolas Altobelli, Juice Mission Manager, ESA
Andrea Accommazzo, Flight Operations Director, ESA
Ruedeger Albat, Head of Ariane 5 and Future Preparation, ESA
- Online question and answer session in Italian (Thursday 6 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST)
Participants
Alessandro Atzei, Payload System Engineer, ESA
Lucia Linares, Head Strategy & Institutional Launches, ESA
Launch media event at ESOC
Programme - Thursday 13 April 2023 (all times in CEST)
10:00 - Arrival media
10:30 - Media briefing in the press centre
11:30 – Interview opportunities
13.30 - Start of the stage programme in the conference centre
14.15 - Launch of Juice on board Ariane 5
16:00 – Further interview opportunities
ESA spokespeople and experts, as well as spokespeople from Arianespace, Airbus and other partners, will be available on site for interviews.
In the event of one-day launch delay, the programme above will be held again on Friday 14 April.
ESA Web TV
The English pre-launch press briefing, as well as the launch, will be streamed via ESA Web TV.
Registration
Please express interest by 5 April at 17:00 CEST for the English, French, German and Italian pre-launch press briefings and by 10 April for the European Launch Event, by selecting and completing the relevant form at https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form.
Please remember that journalists wishing to attend several of the opportunities mentioned above should register for each activity separately to ensure that they receive the right link/information for each event.
More Information
The Juice mission kit is now available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Learn more about Juice at esa.int/Juice.
Online pre-launch press briefings
ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office
Email: media@esa.int
Launch media event at ESOC
ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Simona Nichiteanu & Bernhard von Weyhe
Email: media@esa.int
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
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