06.20.13

Juno Position & Status

View of Juno’s position on June 21 from  NASA's Eyes on the Solar System.

The Juno spacecraft is in excellent health and is operating nominally. As of June 21, Juno was approximately 50 million miles (80 million kilometers) from Earth. The one-way radio signal travel time between Earth and Juno is currently about 4.5 minutes. Juno is currently traveling at a velocity of about 19 miles (30 kilometers) per second relative to the sun, and increasing. Velocity relative to Earth is about 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometers) per second. Juno has now traveled 785 million miles (1.26 billion kilometers) since launch. 

See Juno’s current position, speed and more via NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System 3D interactive. Launch the Juno module or view Juno in the standard Eyes on the Solar System interface.