Juno is the first space mission to operate a solar powered spacecraft at jupiter and it is the farthest solar powered spacecraft from earth.
Juno mission solar panels.
That s why the surface area of solar panels required to generate adequate power is quite large.
Commonly used by satellites orbiting earth and working in the inner solar system solar arrays are typically set aside for missions beyond the asteroid belt in favor of generators powered by radioactive isotopes.
Solar power far from the sun juno powered by massive solar panels.
Juno is the first mission to jupiter to use solar panels instead of the radioisotope thermoelectric generators rtg used by pioneer 10 pioneer 11 the voyager program ulysses cassini huygens new horizons and the galileo orbiter.
Nasa s juno spacecraft is going to jupiter powered by an electrical source seldom deployed in deep space.
It is also the farthest solar powered trip in the history of space exploration.
A mission of firsts juno s unique mission.
The nearly 19 000 cells on juno are.