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Europa Clipper
NASA space mission en route to Jupiter and Europa. Europa Clipper was launched on October 14, 2024 aboard a Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 14, 2024).
COSPAR 2024-182ANORAD 61507United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Europa Clipper
- International designator
- 2024-182A
- NORAD catalog number
- 61507
- GCAT identifier
- S61507
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1239
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Europa Clipper
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Europa
Launch
- Date
- October 14, 2024 · 16:06 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-182Success
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 179 km
- Inclination
- 32.89°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 14, 2024
- Last known active
- Oct 14, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 5,991 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,241 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 30.5 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01174
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- October 14, 2024
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · October 17, 2024
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15637513 (CC0).