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Juno enters polar orbit around Jupiter

A 35-minute engine burn on 5 July 2016 UTC (4 July in US time zones) placed Juno in the polar orbit it still flies. Encounter class: orbit insertion.

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Recorded on Juno

  1. Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter — the first spacecraft to reach the outer Solar System
  2. Pioneer 11 passes Jupiter, bending north toward Saturn
  3. Voyager 1 closest approach to Jupiter
  4. Active volcanism found on Io
  5. Voyager 2 closest approach to Jupiter
  6. Galileo enters orbit around Jupiter — the first outer-planet orbiter
  7. Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn
  8. Galileo is flown into Jupiter to end its mission
  9. New Horizons takes a gravity assist at Jupiter
  10. Juno enters polar orbit around Jupiter

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