Space probe
Europa Clipper
NASA · launched 2024
Bound for Jupiter’s moon Europa and its buried ocean; arrives 2030.
Right now · as of
Interplanetary cruise
43.6 million km from Earth; a signal takes 2 min 25 s
126 million km from the Sun, moving at 39.5 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
October 14, 2024
Launched on Falcon Heavy from Kennedy LC-39A
March 1, 2025
Flies past Mars, 4,277 km away
December 3, 2026 · expected
Flies past Earth, 9,606 km away
January 17, 2030 · expected
Arrives at Jupiter
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- October 14, 2024
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Launch site
- Kennedy LC-39A
- International designator
- 2024-182A