The European space probe "Goss" takes off in search of habitable environments outside Earth
The European Space Agency's GOS mission lifts off from the Spatial Guyana Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on April 14, 2023.
AFPOn Friday, the "Ariane 5" rocket probe was launched, carrying the European space probe "Joss" on a mission to Jupiter and its frozen moons successfully. The probe's mission is to search for environments that are conducive to living outside Earth. The launch marks the beginning of an eight-year mission within the JOS programme.
In a second attempt, the "Ariane 5" rocket carrying the European space probe "Joss" was successfully launched on a mission to Jupiter and its frozen moons, in search of environments conducive to living outside Earth.
Due to bad weather, the mission was postponed for 24 hours. The missile was launched from Kourou Air Base in French Guiana at 12:14 GMT, 24 hours after the mission was postponed due to bad weather.
The six-ton "Joss" probe separated from the rocket, according to the plan, about half an hour after take-off, at an altitude of approximately 1,500 kilometers.
The teams at the launch site said that the missile's trajectory after take-off was identical to what was expected.
The launch marks the start of an eight-year mission within the JOS program (an acronym for the Jupiter Icy Moons explorer), a major mission of the European Space Agency.
The mission explores Jupiter and its icy moons for habitable environments beyond Earth. But it will not reach its destination before 2031, at a distance of more than 620 million km from Earth.
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