08.07.13
Juno Position & Status
View of Juno’s position on Aug. 8 from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System.
As of Aug. 8, Juno was approximately 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) from Earth. The one-way radio signal travel time between Earth and Juno is currently about 3.2 minutes. Juno is currently traveling at a velocity of about 23 miles (37 kilometers) per second relative to the sun, and increasing. Velocity relative to Earth is about 7 miles (11 kilometer) per second. Juno has now traveled 874 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) since launch.
The Juno spacecraft is in excellent health and is operating nominally. All science instruments are powered off except for the magnetometer experiment, which continues to operate in low-power mode.
Recent spacecraft significant events
The Juno mission operations team successfully executed a trajectory correction maneuver (named TCM-6) on August 7, further refining spacecraft’s trajectory in preparation for the Oct. 9 Earth flyby gravity assist maneuver.
The spacecraft reaches perihelion, the closest point in its current orbit around the sun, on Aug. 31.
See Juno’s current position, speed and more via NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System 3D interactive. Launch the Juno module or view Juno in the standard Eyes on the Solar System interface.
The Juno spacecraft is in excellent health and is operating nominally. All science instruments are powered off except for the magnetometer experiment, which continues to operate in low-power mode.
Recent spacecraft significant events
The Juno mission operations team successfully executed a trajectory correction maneuver (named TCM-6) on August 7, further refining spacecraft’s trajectory in preparation for the Oct. 9 Earth flyby gravity assist maneuver.
The spacecraft reaches perihelion, the closest point in its current orbit around the sun, on Aug. 31.
See Juno’s current position, speed and more via NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System 3D interactive. Launch the Juno module or view Juno in the standard Eyes on the Solar System interface.