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Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

October 14, 2024 at 4:06 PM UTC

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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October 14, 2024 at 4:06 PM UTC

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Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6082, -80.6043

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Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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October 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

Weather concern: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Vehicle

Falcon Heavy

Falcon · Heavy

Height

70 m

Diameter

12.2 m

LEO capacity

63,800 kg

Successful launches

12

Launch complex

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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Mission updates

Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.

October 14, 2024 at 5:20 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Spacecraft separation.

October 14, 2024 at 5:08 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Liftoff.

October 14, 2024 at 4:06 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Official Webcast by NASA has started

October 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM UTC · LL2

Tweaked T-0.

October 13, 2024 at 10:45 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin