Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper
SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A carrying Europa Clipper to Heliocentric N/A on 14 Oct 2024, 16:06 UTC. Outcome: Launch Successful.
SuccessLaunch Successful
About the mission
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.