Paul Hartogh
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
The Submillimetre Wave Instrument (SWI) On JUICE: PCW1&2 And LEGA Preparations
The Submillimeter Wave Instrument (SWI) is part of the payload of ESA’s L1 mission JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer). It sounds the atmospheres of Jupiter and the Galilean moons in two Far Infrared bands covering the frequency ranges of 530 – 625 GHz and 1065 – 1280 GHz. Furthermore, it is designed to characterize the thermo-physical surface properties of Callisto, Ganymede and Europa during flyby and orbital phases. After the successful launch in April 2023 and the commissioning of the instrument, in 2024 two Payload Checkout Windows (PCWs) will be executed followed by the Lunar Earth Gravity Assist (LEGA). The presentation will describe the instrument and the associated science and report on its present status and planned observations in 2024.
