Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper
SpaceX
Mission Status
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission Updates
Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.
Source →Spacecraft separation.
Source →Liftoff.
Source →Official Webcast by NASA has started
Source →Tweaked T-0.
Source →Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Source →Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
Source →GO for launch on October 14.
Source →Weather is 70% favorable for launch.
Source →NET October 13.
Source →Delayed due to Hurricane Milton (new tentative launch date per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html).
Source →Targeting NET October 10. (Launch time per https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/launch-windows/)
Source →Added tentative launch time and date.
Source →Mission Details
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.
Rocket Configuration
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.