Status
Europa Clipper
Launch Time
Thu Oct 10, 2024 15:51 UTC
Thu Oct 10, 2024 15:51 UTC
Rocket
Vehicles
Expendable
Unknown Vehicle
Mission Details
Europa Clipper
Europa Clipper will conduct a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life. Key mission objectives are to produce high-resolution images of Europa's surface, determine its composition, look for signs of recent or ongoing geological activity, measure the thickness of the moon’s icy shell, search for subsurface lakes, and determine the depth and salinity of Europa's ocean.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,000.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
2024
101st orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
352nd mission
52nd mission of 2024
Falcon Heavy
11th mission
2nd mission of 2024