MAJIS instrument characterization

The JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) mission by ESA aims to explore the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants and the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants. MAJIS (Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer) is the visible to near-infrared imaging spectrometer onboard JUICE which will characterize the surfaces and exospheres of...

Alignment calibration of the GALA laser altimeter through laser ranging to Earth: Development of a calibration for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter

As part of the ESA mission to Jupiter and Ganymede carried out by the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) will determine the topography and detect Ganymede’s tidal degree-2 signal in order to investigate the existence of a subsurface ocean and constrain its thickness. To deliver successful...