Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Launch 1971-F10 | Europa II | Nov 5, 1971 |
| Launch 1970-U02 | Europa I | Jun 12, 1970 |
| Launch 1969-F09 | Europa I | Jul 2, 1969 |
| Launch 1968-F09 |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Europa I | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Europa II | Not stated | 1 | Retired |
Europa I |
| Nov 29, 1968 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Planetary science received more than $500,000,000 above the original 2018-10-01 request, including $280,000,000 for the Europa Clipper mission and $195,000,000 for a follow-on lander mission to Europa.
The CJS bill includes $545,000,000 for the Europa Clipper mission and $195,000,000 for the Europa lander.
The fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill included $545,000,000 for the Europa Clipper mission and $195,000,000 for a Europa lander, compared with an original request of $264,700,000 for Clipper and no funding requested for the lander.
NASA had requested $264,700,000 for Europa Clipper and had requested no funding for a Europa lander in the fiscal year 2019 budget request.
The fiscal year 2019 appropriations language called for launching Europa Clipper in 2022 on a Space Launch System and launching the Europa lander as soon as 2024.
John Culberson added $545,000,000 for Europa Clipper and $195,000,000 for a Europa lander in the fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill.
The original administration request for Europa Clipper funding was $264,700,000 in fiscal year 2019 and included no funding for a Europa lander.
One of the additional SLS Block 1 missions with the ICPS is reserved for launching NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon Europa.
The CJS subcommittee's spending bill includes $195,000,000 for a follow-on Europa lander mission.
The CJS subcommittee's bill specifies that the follow-on Europa lander will launch on the Space Launch System in 2024.
NASA’s budget proposal offered $264,700,000 for Europa Clipper and did not include funding for a Europa lander.
The House appropriations bill allocates $195,000,000 for a follow-on Europa lander in fiscal year 2019.
NASA requested $264,700,000 for Europa Clipper in its fiscal year 2019 budget proposal and requested no funding for a Europa lander in that proposal.