STATUS REPORT: ELV-081511
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
Spacecraft: Juno
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-551 (AV-029)
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Date: Aug. 5, 2011
The Juno spacecraft was launched successfully aboard the Atlas V
rocket on Aug. 5, 2011, at 12:25:00.146 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft is
in good shape and planned post-launch system verifications and
state-of-health checks are under way.
The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times
to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere
and magnetosphere.