Juno

2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent

Juno

Entered Jupiter orbit in 2016; studies interior and atmosphere.

Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
5 Aug 2011
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Jupiter
Category
Planetary orbiter
Status
Success
Vehicle
Atlas V 551
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Juno flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of United States's work toward jupiter. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Entered Jupiter orbit in 2016; studies interior and atmosphere.

Results

Entered Jupiter orbit in 2016; studies interior and atmosphere.

Related missions

Juno Akatsuki — same_program Akatsuki Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) — same_program Mars Orbiter … Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — same_program Mars Reconnai… Venus Express — same_program Venus Express

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog