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>The flyby speeds are similar; but JUICE takes a time to get to that speed.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Essentially Voyager did do a direct flight while JUICE isn't, instead building speed by doing slingshots off Earth and Venus.

"First, it will do a fly-by of Earth and the Moon, then slingshot around Venus in 2025 before swinging past Earth again in 2029."

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-europe-juice-mission-jupiter-i...



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