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Europa Clipper
Planetary Science
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon Heavy
Helio-N/Aorbit
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, October 14, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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Flight Timeline
- T-53:00GO for Prop Load
- T-50:00Stage 1 Propellant Load
- T-45:00Stage 1 LOX Load
- T-35:00Stage 2 Propellant Load
- T-18:30Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-07:00Engine Chill
- T-00:59Startup
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:20Tank Press
- T-00:06Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:07Max-Q
- T+03:03SBECO
- T+03:07Boosters Separation
- T+04:02MECO
- T+04:06Stage 2 Separation
- T+04:13SES-1
- T+04:31Fairing Separation
- T+07:53SECO-1
- T+47:40SES-2
- T+50:56SECO-2
- T+1:02:12Payload Separation
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,775
SpX Mission
#410
Pad Launch
#186
Location Launch
#244
Designator
2024-182
Weather GO
95%
Weather Concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch Window
NET
Oct 14, 2024, 4:06 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
4:05 PM
Window Open
4:06 PM
Window Close
Falcon Heavy Specs
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.
Length
70 m
Diameter
12.2 m
Launch Mass
1,400 t
Thrust
22,819 kN
LEO Capacity
63,800 kg
GTO Capacity
26,700 kg
Launch Cost
$90M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 14d
Total Launches
12
Successful
12
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
12
Maiden flight: Feb 6, 2018
Social Flight Log
- Oct 14, 2024, 5:20 PM
Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.
Source - Oct 14, 2024, 5:08 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Source - Oct 14, 2024, 4:06 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Oct 14, 2024, 3:00 PM
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Source - Oct 13, 2024, 10:45 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Oct 13, 2024, 3:36 PM
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Source - Oct 12, 2024, 3:07 PM
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
Source - Oct 12, 2024, 3:34 AM
GO for launch on October 14.
Source - Oct 11, 2024, 1:16 PM
Weather is 70% favorable for launch.
Source - Oct 9, 2024, 12:57 AM
NET October 13.
Source - Oct 6, 2024, 11:09 PM
Delayed due to Hurricane Milton (new tentative launch date per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html).
Source - Sep 5, 2024, 5:35 PM
Targeting NET October 10. (Launch time per https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/launch-windows/)
Source - Oct 11, 2023, 4:55 AM
Added tentative launch time and date.
Source
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
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).
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Oct 14, 2024, 12:06 PM
Total Launches
281
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
28.5242, -80.6508