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The first full orbit takes something like 53 days, they get tighter after that.
I can't do the math but I love watching the orbital mechanics.
Weird mistakes do happen sometimes, rarely, even with all of the levels of quality assurance NASA has.
The Juno craft has reached apogee and has begun its 5 million mile fall back toward Jupiter.Its speed (Relative to Jupiter) fell to just a touch under 1200 mph and is now building again.
You mean like the Hubble telescope.
The irony is that QA wasn't the problem there. NASA decided not to do the test that would have caught the error on the ground. Too expensive.
Faster, Cheaper, Better. pick any two. You can never get all three with government agencies. You rarely get it any more in the private world either.......
Elon Musk's companies being the prime examples.... the number of avoidable mistakes those folks make is shocking.
Inbound again.We'll start getting our first real science after this pass.