Inclination 95°–100° Launch mass 1,371 kg | Semi-major axis 100 km (62 mi) Orbital insertion 2025–2026 (proposed) Launch date 2020 | |
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Website ESA Webpage on Laplace/EJSM Mission duration cruise period 5-6 years, science period 3 years (proposed) Similar Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Neptune Orbiter, Pioneer H, Ulysses | ||
Animation of the jupiter europa orbiter s four io flybys
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.
In June 2015, a more economical mission, the Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission (Europa Clipper) was approved by NASA and entered the formulation stage.
References
Jupiter Europa Orbiter Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA