Juno
NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Jupiter
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Summary
Juno is a space probe[1]. Juno draws 4,159 Wikipedia views per month (space probe category, ranking #15 of 135).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: orbiter[4]
- Operator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory[5]
- Follows: New Horizons[6]
- Followed by: OSIRIS-REx[7]
- Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space[8]
- Part of: New Frontiers program[9]
- Commons category: Juno (spacecraft)[10]
- Space launch vehicle: Atlas V 551[11]
- Parent astronomical body: Jupiter[12]
- Country of origin: United States[13]
- Powered by: spacecraft solar array[14], LEROS[15]
- Type of orbit: jovicentric orbit[16]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: August 5, 2011[17]
- Significant event: rocket launch[18], planetary flyby[19], orbital activity[20]
- Official website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Juno (spacecraft)[22]
- Launch contractor: United Launch Alliance[23]
- Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41[24]
- Native label: Juno[25]
- Orbital inclination: 90 degree[26]
- Height: 3.5 m[27]
- Mass: 3625 kg[28], 1593 kg[29]
- Apoapsis: 8,100,000 km[30]
- Periapsis: 4200 km[31]
Why It Matters
Juno has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Juno is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]