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Falcon 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.

Monday, 14 October 202416:06 UTC
Falcon Heavy: Europa Clipper

Mission Data

SpaceX
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈSpaceXEst. 2002
Launch VehicleFalcon Heavy
Vehicle FamilyFalcon
Vehicle Record14 of 14 launches (100%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)
Success Streak229 consecutive
Mission TypePlanetary Science
Target OrbitHeliocentric N/A
Launch PadLaunch Complex 39A
LocationπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#186
Agency Launches This Year#99
Launches From This Pad224
Launches From This Site283
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Falcon Heavy

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

Launch updates

  1. Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.

  2. Spacecraft separation.

  3. Liftoff.

  4. Official Webcast by NASA has started

  5. Tweaked T-0.

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  6. Weather is 95% favorable for launch.

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  7. Weather is 90% favorable for launch.

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  8. GO for launch on October 14.

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  9. Weather is 70% favorable for launch.

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  10. NET October 13.

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Launch Site

Launch Complex 39A Β· 28.6082Β°N 80.6043Β°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.