SpaceXFalcon HeavyLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Europa Clipper
Launched
October 14, 2024 · 16:06 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Europa Clipper launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on October 14, 2024 at 16:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:05 to 16:06 UTC. It was SpaceX's 410th launch, 99th this year and humanity's 6,775th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Falcon Heavy flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1064 flew for the 6th time and was expended. Booster B1089 flew for the 1st time and was expended. Booster B1065 flew for the 6th time and was expended. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). Europa Clipper, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 164 × 188 km orbit inclined 31.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon Heavy · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1064 · flight 6 · expendable38/42 landed here · 290 days after its previous flight, OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
- B1089 · flight 1 · expendable38/42 landed here
- B1065 · flight 6 · expendable38/42 landed here · 290 days after its previous flight, OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)for NASA
- Milestone
- 11th Falcon Heavy flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 410th launch99th this yearhumanity's 6,775th orbital launch attempt186th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
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Europa Clipper · NORAD 61507 · 2024-182 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EUROPA CLIPPER
- Object ID
- 2024-182A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-14 16:13:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.38814738 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00189
- Inclination
- 31.94°
- Ascending node
- 67.0176°
- Arg. of perigee
- 60.76°
- Mean anomaly
- 70.53°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Helio-N/A. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Flight timeline
- T−53MGO for Prop Load
- T−50MStage 1 Propellant Load
- T−45MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MStage 2 Propellant Load
- T−18M30SStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−59SStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−20STank Press
- T−6SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+3M3SSBECO
- T+3M7SBoosters Separation
- T+4M2SMECO
- T+4M6SStage 2 Separation
- T+4M13SSES-1
- T+4M31SFairing Separation
- T+7M53SSECO-1
- T+47M40SSES-2
- T+50M56SSECO-2
- T+1H2M12SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Europa Clipper · NORAD 61507 · left Earth orbit October 14, 2024
Falcon Heavy-011 Stage 2 · left Earth orbit October 14, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
186th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 18th this year · 244th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 14, 12:06 PM EDT, in daylight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
34 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/14/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/14/2024 · source
Official Webcast by NASA has started
LL2 · 10/14/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/13/2024 · source
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/13/2024 · source
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad · 10/12/2024 · source
GO for launch on October 14.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/12/2024 · source
Weather is 70% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/11/2024 · source
NET October 13.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Europa Clipper launch?
Europa Clipper launched on October 14, 2024 at 16:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:05 to 16:06 UTC.
Where can I watch Europa Clipper?
Coverage: NASA's Europa Clipper Launch; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's ocean moon; 🔴FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches NASA's Europa Clipper Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Europa Clipper?
Falcon Heavy, flown by SpaceX. Falcon Heavy spec sheet
Where did Europa Clipper launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 14, 12:06 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1064 flew for the 6th time and was expended. Booster B1089 flew for the 1st time and was expended. Booster B1065 flew for the 6th time and was expended.
What orbit did Europa Clipper reach?
Europa Clipper, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 164 × 188 km orbit inclined 31.9°.
How many satellites did Europa Clipper launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).