Jupiter Europa Orbiter
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Mission type | Europa orbiter |
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Operator | NASA |
Website | ESA Webpage on Laplace/EJSM |
Mission duration | cruise period: 6 years (proposed), science period: 3 years (proposed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 1371 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2020 (proposed) |
Rocket | Delta IV-H or Atlas V |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Europa orbit |
Inclination | 95°–100° |
Europa orbiter | |
Orbital insertion | 2026 (proposed) |
As a part of the defunct Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace (EJSM-Laplace), the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) was a proposed orbiter probe slated for lift-off in 2020 and planned for detailed studies of Jupiter's moons Europa and Io as well as the Jovian magnetosphere.[1] Its main goal would have been to look for evidence of a possible subsurface ocean.[2]
In June 2015, a more economical mission, the Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission (Europa Clipper) was approved by NASA and entered the formulation stage.[3]
See also[]
- Europa Orbiter (former NASA plan cancelled in 2002).
- Europa Clipper (the next mission plan for Europa, non-nuclear orbiter for Jupiter doing Europa flybys).
- Europa Lander (NASA) (stand-alone mission for NASA Europa Lander) (Note: there was also a concept for a Europa Clipper add-on lander).
References[]
- ^ Battersby, Stephen (5 November 2009). "A drop in the bucket is plenty". The National. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) Concept Archived 2011-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Howell, Elizabeth (20 June 2015). "NASA's Europa Mission Approved for Next Development Stage" Space.com. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
Categories:
- NASA programs
- Proposed NASA space probes
- Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace
- Europa (moon)
- United States spacecraft stubs