WASHINGTON, 5 Dec – RIA Novosti. The interplanetary probe Juno (Juno, “Juno”) started the engine and began braking to exit the orbit of Jupiter, NASA said on Tuesday.
“The burning of the main engine was started and will last 35 minutes,” said a leading broadcast NASA. The Agency broadcasts the craft into orbit on its website and social networks.
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The spacecraft, launched from Earth in 2011, Tuesday morning, should go into orbit of a gas giant. In order for the machine was able to overcome the gravitational force of the planet, the engine will burn for 35 minutes, 8 seconds. The device should “slow down” and according to NASA, in 06.53 GMT “catch” for the orbit of the gas giant, the first round of which will last 53 days the earth.
The delay of the signal between Jupiter and Earth is 48 minutes.
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Before earned the engine, the unit increased the speed of axial rotation and turned away from the Sun. The entire sequence of actions is performed in the automatic mode, the probe sends to Earth, only tone signals based on which NASA can judge the success of the mission.
After reaching the orbit, the unit needs to turn to the Sun. The Juno probe is the first spacecraft that will make a flyby of Jupiter through his pole. Juno in January of this year was the most remote from Earth, the spacecraft running on solar batteries.
