The European Space Agency “ESA” announced the launch of the space probe “Jos” today, to explore the moons of Jupiter, which is the longest journey undertaken by a probe affiliated with the agency.
The probe launched at exactly 2:14 pm CET from the “Kourou” spaceport in French Guiana, as evidenced by live broadcast images at the ESA control center in Darmstadt, Germany.
The probe was scheduled to be launched by an “Ariane 5” rocket from the European space station Kourou in French Guiana yesterday, Thursday, but the launch was postponed due to a weather problem associated with the risk of lightning.
The JUS space probe’s journey to Jupiter will last eight years, seeking to find out if there are environments suitable for life available on the giant planet of the solar system and on its icy moons.
The probe has a long journey ahead of it, before it begins its work on Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
It is scheduled to reach Jupiter in 2031, as this is the European Space Agency’s longest mission to the solar system to date.