Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter

Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter^[1]
Orbital elements
Operator	ESA^[1]
Mission type	Orbiter
Launch date	proposed for 2020^[1]
Launch vehicle	Ariane 5
Mission duration	at least 9 years
Orbital insertion date	2025/2026
Homepage	ESA Webpage on Laplace/EJSM
Mass	957 kg
Power	Solar panels
Semimajor axis	200 km (Final orbit around Ganymede)
Inclination	86° (Final orbit around Ganymede)

Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) was a part of the international Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM). It was a proposed orbiter probe by the ESA slated for lift-off in 2020.^[1] Plans for the mission include detailed studies of Jupiter's moons Ganymede and Callisto as well as the Jovian magnetosphere.

It was superseded by Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Anil K. Maini, Varsha Agrawal - Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications (2010) - Page 584 (Google Books Link)
↑ ESA - Selection of the L1 mission - April 17, 2012

External links

EJSM @ NASA

Ganymede

Geology

Lists	List of geological features on Ganymede List of quadrangles on Ganymede List of craters on Ganymede

Impact craters	Achelous El Gula Khensu Kittu Neith Nergal

Regions	Galileo Regio

Sulci	Uruk Sulcus

Faculae	Memphis Facula

Catenae	Enki Catena

Exploration

Past	Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Galileo Cassini–Huygens New Horizons

Planned	Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer

Proposed	Laplace-P

Cancelled	Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

Other

Spacecraft missions to Jupiter

Orbiters	Galileo Juno (en route)

Descent probes	Galileo Probe

Flybys	Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Ulysses Cassini–Huygens New Horizons

Planned missions	Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (2022) Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission (2025)

Proposed flybys	Innovative Interstellar Explorer Uranus Orbiter HORUS (2021)

Proposed missions	Io Volcano Observer (2021) Laplace-P (2023)

Cancelled / Concepts	Cassini-Huygens (retirement) Europa Jupiter System Mission-Laplace Jupiter Europa Orbiter Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter Jupiter and Trojan Asteroid Explorer Europa Orbiter Jovian Europa Orbiter Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Neptune Orbiter New Horizons 2 Pioneer H Tsiolkovsky mission

Program overviews	Pioneer program Voyager program

Related topics	Exploration of Jupiter Atmosphere of Jupiter Magnetosphere of Jupiter Moons of Jupiter Io Exploration Europa Colonization Ganymede Callisto Rings of Jupiter Deep Space Network Missions to the outer planets Colonization of the outer Solar System

Italics indicates active current missions.

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Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter

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