Modelling spectral matrices for the Juice mission

The Juice mission is one of the largest missions of the European Space Agency (ESA).  Its purpose is to study 3 moons of Jupiter, that harbour liquid subsurface oceans - Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.  Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system (larger than the planet Mercury!) and is peculiar in many ways: it has its own magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic field of Jupiter, and possibly holds more water than the entire planet Earth. Juice will enter on an orbit around Ganymede, which will be the first time we have entered into an orbit around an outer solar system moon. 

Juice will carry a number of scientific instruments designed to study the Jovian enviroment and the moons. My project was testing the radio and plasma wave instrument (RPWI), simulating expected measurements and testing the on-board software.  

The spacecraft was launched on friday, April 14 (see video!), and will arrive at Jupiter in July 2031.

This work was supported by a grant from the faculty.