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Europa Clipper

SUCCESSPlanetary ScienceHelio-N/A
Monday, October 14, 2024 at 04:06 PM UTC
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Falcon Heavy
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Mission Overview

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.

Payloads
1
Type
Planetary Science
Vehicle
Falcon Heavy
Window
04:05 PM UTC – 04:06 PM UTC

Rocket

SP
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX

Launch Site

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Orbit

Helio-N/A·Heliocentric Orbit

Launch Window

Opens04:05 PM UTC
Closes04:06 PM UTC

Launch Site Weather

21°CPartly cloudy
Wind4 km/h ESE
Humidity88%
Visibility16 km

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