Jupiter system captured in JUICE NavCam test (annotated)
Date: 22 August 2019
Satellite: JUICE
Depicts: Jupiter system
Copyright: Airbus Defence and Space
The Navigation Camera (NavCam) of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) has been given its first glimpse of the mission's destination while still on Earth.
The camera was mounted to an equatorial mount and pointed towards different targets, including bright stars, Jupiter and its moons in order to exercise its 'Imaging Mode' and 'Stars Centroiding Mode'. The integration time was optimized for capturing the stars and moons acquisition, so Jupiter appears saturated. In this annotated image the size of Jupiter is indicated.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
