Emily Lakdawalla hat auf ihrem Blog den detaillierten Zeitplan für das Einschwenken von Juno auf die Jupiter-Umlaufbahn veröffentlicht:
Event Time (UTC)
Open main engine cover; main engine auto-restart enabled 20 Jun
Open main engine propellant valves 27 Jun
Pressurize propulsion system 28 Jun
Science instruments turned off 29 Jun
Spacecraft computer begins orbit insertion command sequence 30 Jun
Mission overview news briefing 30 Jun 17:00
Mission outreach briefing 30 Jun 18:00
Pre-orbit-insertion briefing 4 Jul 16:00
Begin transmitting tones; switch to medium gain antenna 5 Jul 01:13
Begin slow, first turn of 15 degrees away from the Sun 5 Jul 01:16
Begin fast, large turn to orbit insertion attitude 5 Jul 02:28
NASA TV broadcast begins 5 Jul 02:30
Switch to toroidal low gain antenna 5 Jul 02:41
Begin nutation damping activity to remove remaining wobble 5 Jul 02:45
Begin fine-tune adjustment of the orbit insertion attitude 5 Jul 02:50
Begin approx. 5-minute spin-up from 2 to 5 rotations per minute 5 Jul 02:56
Jupiter orbit insertion burn begins 5 Jul 03:18
Start 35-minute main engine burn 5 Jul 03:18
Capture into Jupiter orbit achieved 5 Jul 03:38
Jupiter orbit insertion burn ends 5 Jul 03:53
Close propulsion pressurant valves, ending burn 5 Jul 03:53
Begin approx. 5-minute spin-down from 5 to 2 rotations/min 5 Jul 03:55
Begin turn to sun-pointed attitude 5 Jul 04:07
Switch telecom to medium gain antenna 5 Jul 04:11
Begin transmitting telemetry (it could take 20 minutes) 5 Jul 04:16
Post-orbit-insertion briefing 5 Jul 05:00
Capture Orbit Phase begins 5 Jul 05:48
Alle Zeiten sind UTC (Zulu); daher nicht unbedingt am 4. Juli (in amerikanischer Zeit passt das besser..)
Quelle:
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2016/06161235-timeline-of-juno-jupiter-orbit-insertion.html