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binarycoffee | 2 years ago

One may count electric propulsion as a "better" propulsion system, but sadly it was a poor fit for Juice due to the very tight power budget.

Even with those gigantic solar arrays, energy management on Juice is extremely challenging. Once in the vicinity of Jupiter, the spacecraft will be powered by less than 4% of the solar flux it receives in earth orbit.

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