Jupiter Europa Orbiter

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]

Not to be confused with Jovian Europa Orbiter.

Jupiter Europa Orbiter
Montage with JEO
Mission typeEuropa orbiter
OperatorNASA
WebsiteESA Webpage on Laplace/EJSM
Mission durationcruise period: 6 years (proposed),
science period: 3 years (proposed)
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass1371 kg
Start of mission
Launch date2020 (proposed)
RocketDelta IV-H or Atlas V
Orbital parameters
Reference systemEuropa orbit
Inclination95°–100°
Europa orbiter
Orbital insertion2026 (proposed)
 

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
  1. Battersby, Stephen (5 November 2009). "A drop in the bucket is plenty". The National. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  2. 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.
  3. Howell, Elizabeth (20 June 2015). "NASA's Europa Mission Approved for Next Development Stage" Space.com. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
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