Jupiter Europa Orbiter

Not to be confused with Jovian Europa Orbiter or Europa Orbiter.

Jupiter Europa Orbiter
Artist concept of the Europa Jupiter System Mission: Jupiter Europa Orbiter (top) and Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (bottom).
Mission typeEuropa orbiter
OperatorNASA
Websitesci.esa.int
Mission durationCancelled
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass1,371 kg (3,023 lb)
Start of mission
Launch datePlanned:
2020
RocketDelta IV Heavy or Atlas V
Orbital parameters
Reference systemEuropa orbit
Inclination95°–100°
Europa orbiter
Orbital insertion2026 (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, renamed into 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

  1. ^ Stephen Battersby (5 November 2009). "A drop in the bucket is plenty". The National. Retrieved 8 November 2009. [permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) Concept". NASA / JPL. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Howell (20 June 2015). "NASA's Europa Mission Approved for Next Development Stage". Space.com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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