Sent NASA's Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft the agency has built for a planetary mission, on its way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa to assess the habitability of its subsurface ocean; the Falcon Heavy flew fully expendable for maximum performance.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.7 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 14 Falcon Heavy flights
- Date and time
- 14 October 2024, 16:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Planetary Science
- International designator
- 2024-182
- Launches in 2024
- 188th of 263
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