Ariane 5 is a heavy lift two-stage rocket with two solid fuel boosters. It was used in its ECA+variant, which offers the highest payload mass capacity. The total launch mass of the vehicle is 770,000kg (1,700,000lb).
Launch preparation began after the arrival of Juice in Kourou, French Guiana. After fuelling and other works, the Juice spacecraft was Integrated with Ariane 5.[7] After completing all preparations, the rocket was rolled out to the launch pad a day before launch.[8][9][10]
The rocket was launched from the ELA-3 launch pad of the Guiana Space Centre on 14 April 2023 at 12:14 UTC.[12][13][14]Juice was injected into an Interplanetary trajectory that took it to multiple flybys until reaching its destination planet Jupiter.[15]
