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Europa Clipper
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NASA space mission en route to Jupiter and Europa
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It is catalogued under topics including 2024 in Florida, Europa Clipper and Jet Propulsion Laboratory space probes.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Names
- Europa Multiple Flyby Mission
- Mission type
- Europa reconnaissance
- Operator
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Cospar id
- 2024-182A
- Website
- europa .nasa .gov
- Mission duration
- Cruise: 5.5 years , Science phase: 4 years, Elapsed: 1 year, 7 months, 26 days
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
- Launch mass
- 6,065 kg (13,371 lb), including 2,750 kg (6,060 lb) propellant
- Dry mass
- 3,241 kg (7,145 lb)
- Payload mass
- 352 kg (776 lb)
- Dimensions
- Height: 5 m (16 ft), Solar panel span: 30.5 m (100 ft)
- Power
- 600 watts from solar panels
- Launch date
- October 14, 2024, 16:06:00 ( 2024-10-14UTC16:06Z ) UTC (12:06 p.m. EDT )
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy Block 5
- Launch site
- Kennedy , LC-39A
- Contractor
- SpaceX
- Closest approach
- March 1, 2025, 17:57 ( 2025-03-01UTC17:57Z ) UTC (12:57 p.m. EST )
- Distance
- 884 km (549 mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
Europa Clipper is Earth's first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- orbiter
- Part of
- Flagship Program
- Country
- United States
- Operator
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Country of origin
- United States
- Mass
- 2752
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Official website
- science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper
- Image
- Europa Mission Spacecraft - Artist's Rendering.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2024-10-14
- replaces
- Jupiter Europa Orbiter
- Commons category
- Europa Clipper
- space launch vehicle
- Falcon Heavy
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- hashtag
- GoEuropaClipper
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- capital cost
- 5200000000
- funder
- NASA
- launch contractor
- SpaceX
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Europa Clipper mission patch Large Strategic Science Missions Planetary Science Division
Solar System Exploration program
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Europa Clipper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.