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ESA’s Juice launch is POSTPONED due to poor weather

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One of Europe’s boldest and most technologically-challenging space missions will have to wait another 24 hours to shoot for the stars, after being postponed because of the risk of lightning.

The six-tonne Juice satellite had been undergoing final preparations and was just minutes away from launching when operations were halted.

It was due to lift off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 13:15 BST today but this has now been rescheduled for 13:14 BST tomorrow. 

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ESA’s Juice mission: How to watch as spacecraft is launched to Jupiter and its moons

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There are now just hours to go until one of Europe’s most daring and technologically-advanced space missions is blasted to the stars.

Tasked with hunting for clues as to whether Jupiter’s icy moons could host alien life, the six-tonne satellite will have to survive on as little power as a half a hair dryer as it makes an eight-year journey to our solar system’s largest planet.

It will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:15 BST today.

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