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Europa Clipper

successFalcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper is the first dedicated mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. Mission is developed by NASA and comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Europa Clipper payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa's surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to measure the moon's magnetic field and unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior.

Overview

Date / time
October 14, 2024 at 04:06 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
Europa Clipper
Mission type
Planetary Science
Orbit achieved
Heliocentric N/A
Launch vehicle
Falcon Heavy →
Launch provider
SpaceX →

Payloads deployed · 1

EUROPA CLIPPER
Heliocentric