API VERSION: 1.2
API SOURCE: NASA/JPL Horizons API

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 Revised: Nov 09, 2022    Europa Clipper (Spacecraft) / (Sun, Jupiter)     -159
                             https://europa.nasa.gov/                           
 BACKGROUND:
  NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a suite of science instruments 
  to assess habitability of Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa (502) while
  confirming the existence and nature of an expected sub-surface ocean.

  Planned launch      : 2024-Oct-10  
  Mars gravity assist : Feb 2025
  Earth gravity assist: Dec 2026
         Arrival      : 2030-Apr-11 (5.50 year time-of-flight)
  Mission length      : 4.12 years (prime mission, JOI to E49)

 SPACECRAFT:
  Considering solar arrays and radar antennas, Europa Clipper will be the
  largest spacecraft NASA has developed to-date for an interplanetary mission. 
  When arrays are deployed, the spacecraft will span 30.5 meters.

 SPACECRAFT TRAJECTORY:
  The reference trajectory for this future mission was created 2022-Oct-25 by
  JPL mission design and navigation. It may become obsolete at any time if
  plans change.

  The spacecraft is expected to orbit Jupiter 75 times and conduct 49 flybys 
  of Europa. This will reduce exposure to the high levels of radiation Europa 
  moves within.

  Gravity-assists from Europa (49), Ganymede (7), and Callisto (9) will be used
  to target different Europa close approach points on each flyby.

 Trajectory files (JPL mission design/nav)               Start          End
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 21F31_MEGA_L241010_A300411_LP01_V5_pad_scpse         2024-Oct-10   2034-Sep-03
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