Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

20/10/2024 Ultimo aggiornamento

CEO: Elon Musk Amministratore

Launch Successful Status

Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Orbital Launch Attempt Count: 6775

Location Launch Attempt Count: 244

Pad Launch Attempt Count: 186

Agency Launch Attempt Count: 410

Launch Designator: 2024-182

Net Precision: Second

Weather Concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule

Fail Reason:

Flightclub URL: https://flightclub.io/result?llId=59548105-347d-4477-8747-7fc3f91016c5

Pad Turnaround: P34DT6H42M11S

Programma

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

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).

Rocket

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.

Full Name: Falcon Heavy

Maiden Flight: 2018-02-06

Total Launch Count: 11

Successful Launches: 11

Failed Launches: 0

Mission

Mission Name: Europa Clipper

Type: Planetary Science

Description: 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.

Orbit: Heliocentric N/A