The "Made in Italy" will land on Jupiter. Leonardo-Finmeccanica, the Italian enterprise involved in the defense, aerospace and security fields, has been charged with designing of the biggest solar panel ever built for space explorations. It will join the mission "Juice", an acronym for Jupiter icy moon explorer, which will fly to the biggest planet in our solar system, more than 750 million kilometre far from the Earth.
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has won the contract with Airbus Defense & Space, which will built the space probe. The Italian photovoltaic generator will occupy a total surface of 97 square metres, divided in ten solar panel composed of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) cells, a crystal that converts the sunlight into electricity, streamlined for low-intensity enlightenment and low temperature conditions.
Source: http://www.italiangoodnews.com/
