Russia plans to deliver their research units to Jupiter by 2032 – TASS

MOSCOW, July 5. / TASS /. Russian spacecraft to study Jupiter and Ganymede satellite is scheduled to launch in 2026 with the arrival to the designated targets in 2032. This was reported by TASS in the company -. Developer units

Lavochkin NPO “The structure of the satellite includes the orbital and landing aids first will be launched a second lander.” Laplace-P2 “- its launch is scheduled for August 2026. The first orbiter, “Laplace-P1″ will fly into space on a week later -. in September 2026. Accordingly, “Laplace-P2″ should fly to Jupiter in September 2032, and “Laplace-P1″ – October 2032 “, – told the Lavochkin.

As explained in the company, the flight concept was developed by order of the state corporation “Roscosmos”.

Orbital satellite “Laplace-P1″, which is the first released after several maneuvers Ganymede’s orbit, it will shoot. These data will be needed to select the most successful touchdown of the second unit.

left American spacecraft Juno ( “Juno”) on Jupiter’s orbit, launched in August 2011. Its main task – to receive and pass on information about the structure of the Earth, the atmosphere and the magnetosphere of the planet. In particular, it will help scientists understand whether it has a gas giant a solid core.

Flight Procedure

Both Russian unit to be launched with the help of heavy launch vehicles “Angara-A5″ and KVTK acceleration blocks that are being developed right now. The duration of the flight, “Laplace” Jupiter will be about six years. At the same time they will have to make Venus and the Earth so-called gravitational maneuvers in which devices will get extra speed at the expense of attraction of the planets.

Upon arrival to Jupiter, “Laplace” in two years will hold 23 closer to Ganymede and another satellite of Jupiter Callisto, followed by access to the orbit of Ganymede. First on Ganymede’s orbit will “Laplace-P1″, where for two or three months will conduct research and collect data to select a landing site. “Laplace-A2″ will come to Ganymede after the space station, landing his descent module will be carried out under the control of the orbiter and ground stations

Find Life

Ganymede -. The largest of the 67 satellites of Jupiter and the largest in the solar system, its diameter is 5268 km, and the weight is twice the moon. It is the only moon with its own magnetosphere. Ganymede is the ocean, hiding under the nearly 200-kilometer ice crust. The atmosphere of the satellite, scientists believe, is made up of oxygen, ozone and hydrogen.

One of the main tasks of the Russian mission, “Laplace” is the search for signs of life on Ganymede in the past or the present. For this mission, the lander will take soil samples and examine them for biological and geochemical characteristics. Devices will also conduct a study of seismic activity Ganymede, will measure radiation levels on the surface, will conduct photo and video, as well as the mapping of the moon’s surface.

The first man-made objects have reached Jupiter neighborhoods in 1973 and 1974, became spacecraft “Pioneer 10″ and “Pioneer 11″. In 1979, the system of rings and moons of the giant planet investigated “Voyager 1″ and “Voyager 2″. In 1992 and 2000 near Jupiter twice passed spacecraft “Ulysses”

In the new millennium the Jupiter system was visited by four spacecraft:. “Cassini” – in 2000, “Galileo” – from 1995 to 2003, probe “New horizons” – in 2007. In the 2020s to Jupiter and its satellites it is planned to send at least two research units – JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer, the unit of the European Space Agency) and Europa Clipper (NASA project)

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