Very shortly, we should hear that Juno is relaying data streams back to a dish sitting in the Australian Outback -- since Jupiter has already set, here in the Northern Hemisphere. Lord Jupiter is below our horizion now, and radio needs. . . "line of sight".
And with that ping, we will know that she has survived another trip into the furnace -- another of her oh so close encounters, with the massive Lord Jupiter:
. . . .April 10 -- Happening now: I’m passing low over the cloud tops of Jupiter, as simulated here by the @nasa_eyes visualization.
Current speed relative to Jupiter: 128,000 mph (206,000 kilometers per hour) and rising.
Get the latest mission news at http://missionjuno.swri.edu. . . .
Smiling, in isolation -- but in softly warming sunshine, smiling just the same here, now. . . as the dish in Madrid, Spain links in, listening to Juno.
नमस्ते
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