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. Its main goal would have been to look for evidence of a possible subsurface ocean.
Montage with JEO | |
| Mission type | Europa orbiter |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| Website | ESA Webpage on Laplace/EJSM |
| Mission duration | cruise period: 6 years (proposed), science period: 3 years (proposed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 1371 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2020 (proposed) |
| Rocket | Delta IV-H or Atlas V |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Europa orbit |
| Inclination | 95°–100° |
| Europa orbiter | |
| Orbital insertion | 2026 (proposed) |
In June 2015, a more economical mission, the Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission (Europa Clipper) was approved by NASA and entered the formulation stage.
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