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]
 Artist concept of the Europa Jupiter System Mission: Jupiter Europa Orbiter (top) and Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (bottom). | |
| Mission type | Europa orbiter |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| Website | sci.esa.int |
| Mission duration | Cancelled |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 1,371 kg (3,023 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Planned: 2020 |
| Rocket | Delta IV Heavy or Atlas V |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Europa orbit |
| Inclination | 95°–100° |
| Europa orbiter | |
| Orbital insertion | 2026 (proposed) |
Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM-Laplace) | |
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
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- 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
edit- ^ Stephen Battersby (5 November 2009). "A drop in the bucket is plenty". The National. Retrieved 8 November 2009. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) Concept". NASA / JPL. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Elizabeth Howell (20 June 2015). "NASA's Europa Mission Approved for Next Development Stage". Space.com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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