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Europa Clipper

Name: Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper
Start: 2024-10-14T16:06:00Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Falcon Heavy

Launched Mon, Oct 14 · 4:06 PM UTC2024-10-14 16:06 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Heliocentric N/A

The second stage shut down at T+7:53 and released the payload at T+1:02:12.

Worldwide

186th

orbital launch attempt in 2024

SpaceX

99th

launch this year

Launch Complex 39A

18th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

34 d 6 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: NASA's Europa Clipper Launch

The Flight Plan

Planned times, from liftoff at 4:06 PM UTC. The result is at the top of the page.

Countdown10

T−53:003:13 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−50:003:16 PMStart of propellant loading in the first stage
T−45:003:21 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−35:003:31 PMStart of propellant loading in the second stage
T−18:303:47 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:003:59 PMStart of engine chilling
T−0:594:05 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−0:454:05 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:204:05 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:064:05 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Show the countdown (10 steps)

T−53:003:13 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−50:003:16 PMStart of propellant loading in the first stage
T−45:003:21 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−35:003:31 PMStart of propellant loading in the second stage
T−18:303:47 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:003:59 PMStart of engine chilling
T−0:594:05 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−0:454:05 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:204:05 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:064:05 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Ascent8

T+0:004:06 PMFirst upwards movement of the rocket
T+1:074:07 PMMaximum dynamic pressure
T+3:034:09 PMCut-off of the side boosters
T+3:074:09 PMSeparation of the side boosters
T+4:024:10 PMCut-off of the main engine
T+4:064:10 PMSeparation of the second stage from the first
T+4:134:10 PMFirst start of the second engine
T+4:314:10 PMSeparation of the payload fairing

Second Stage and Payload4

T+7:534:13 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+47:404:53 PMSecond start of the second engine
T+50:564:56 PMSecond cut-off of the second engine
T+1:02:125:08 PMFinal deployment of the payload from the rocket

Mission

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.

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2002 · CEO Elon Musk

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Launches

742

Successful

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98%

Landings

687

of 715

Upcoming

136

scheduled

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Updates

Oct 14 · 5:20 PM
Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 14 · 5:08 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 14 · 4:06 PM
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 14 · 3:00 PM
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Launch Library 2
Oct 13 · 10:45 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin

Show earlier updates

Oct 13 · 3:36 PM
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 12 · 3:07 PM
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad
Oct 12 · 3:34 AM
GO for launch on October 14.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 11 · 1:16 PM
Weather is 70% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 9 · 12:57 AM
NET October 13.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 6 · 11:09 PM
Delayed due to Hurricane Milton (new tentative launch date per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html).
Cosmic_Penguin
Sep 5 · 5:35 PM
Targeting NET October 10. (Launch time per https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/launch-windows/)
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 11 · 4:55 AM
Added tentative launch time and date.
Cosmic_Penguin

Falcon Heavy

Vehicle history

Height

70m

Diameter

12.2m

To low Earth orbit

63,800kg

Liftoff thrust

22,819kN

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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary Science

Europa Clipper

Falcon Heavy

Launched Mon, Oct 14 · 4:06 PM UTC2024-10-14 16:06 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reached orbit

Follow SpaceX in the app Watch the replay

Success

Reached Heliocentric N/A

The second stage shut down at T+7:53 and released the payload at T+1:02:12.

Worldwide

186th

orbital launch attempt in 2024

SpaceX

99th

launch this year

Launch Complex 39A

18th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

34 d 6 h

since the pad's previous launch

Replay

Replay: NASA's Europa Clipper Launch

The Flight Plan

Planned times, from liftoff at 4:06 PM UTC. The result is at the top of the page.

Countdown10

T−53:003:13 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−50:003:16 PMStart of propellant loading in the first stage
T−45:003:21 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−35:003:31 PMStart of propellant loading in the second stage
T−18:303:47 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:003:59 PMStart of engine chilling
T−0:594:05 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−0:454:05 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:204:05 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:064:05 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Show the countdown (10 steps)

T−53:003:13 PMLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
T−50:003:16 PMStart of propellant loading in the first stage
T−45:003:21 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T−35:003:31 PMStart of propellant loading in the second stage
T−18:303:47 PMStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T−7:003:59 PMStart of engine chilling
T−0:594:05 PMThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T−0:454:05 PMLaunch director verifies go for launch
T−0:204:05 PMFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T−0:064:05 PMStart of the engine ignition sequence

Ascent8

T+0:004:06 PMFirst upwards movement of the rocket
T+1:074:07 PMMaximum dynamic pressure
T+3:034:09 PMCut-off of the side boosters
T+3:074:09 PMSeparation of the side boosters
T+4:024:10 PMCut-off of the main engine
T+4:064:10 PMSeparation of the second stage from the first
T+4:134:10 PMFirst start of the second engine
T+4:314:10 PMSeparation of the payload fairing

Second Stage and Payload4

T+7:534:13 PMFirst cut-off of the second engine
T+47:404:53 PMSecond start of the second engine
T+50:564:56 PMSecond cut-off of the second engine
T+1:02:125:08 PMFinal deployment of the payload from the rocket

Mission

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2002 · CEO Elon Musk

Launches

742

Successful

727

98%

Landings

687

of 715

Upcoming

136

scheduled

FliesFalcon Starship Dragon

All SpaceX launches Website Wikipedia

Updates

Oct 14 · 5:20 PM
Europa Clipper acquisition of signal with good telemetry.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 14 · 5:08 PM
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 14 · 4:06 PM
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 14 · 3:00 PM
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Launch Library 2
Oct 13 · 10:45 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin

Show earlier updates

Oct 13 · 3:36 PM
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 12 · 3:07 PM
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad
Oct 12 · 3:34 AM
GO for launch on October 14.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 11 · 1:16 PM
Weather is 70% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 9 · 12:57 AM
NET October 13.
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 6 · 11:09 PM
Delayed due to Hurricane Milton (new tentative launch date per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html).
Cosmic_Penguin
Sep 5 · 5:35 PM
Targeting NET October 10. (Launch time per https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/launch-windows/)
Cosmic_Penguin
Oct 11 · 4:55 AM
Added tentative launch time and date.
Cosmic_Penguin

Falcon Heavy

Vehicle history

Height

70m

Diameter

12.2m

To low Earth orbit

63,800kg

Liftoff thrust

22,819kN

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Countdown10

Ascent8

Second Stage and Payload4

Mission

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The Flight Plan

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Ascent8

Second Stage and Payload4

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Ascent8

Second Stage and Payload4

Mission

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