NASA plans to replace ICEMAG with a less complex facility magnetometer for the Europa Clipper mission.
The fiscal year 2020 spending bill includes $592,600,000 for the Europa Clipper mission and plans a 2023 launch of Europa Clipper on a commercial launch vehicle.
The administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal proposed moving the Europa Clipper mission to a commercial launch vehicle with a cited savings of more than $700,000,000.
The fiscal year 2020 proposal offers nearly $600,000,000 for the Europa Clipper mission, enabling a launch in 2023.
Congressional law in the final fiscal year 2019 funding bill requires SLS to be used for the Europa Clipper mission.
The 2019 spending bill set a 2023 deadline for launching the Europa Clipper mission, a year later than previous bills.
ICEMAG was one of nine instruments originally selected by NASA in 2015 for development for the Europa Clipper mission.
The Europa Clipper mission launch slipped to 2023 under the 2018-10-01 appropriations bill.
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.
The CJS subcommittee's spending bill includes $545,000,000 for the Europa Clipper mission.
The House appropriations bill allocates $545,000,000 for the Europa Clipper mission in fiscal year 2019.