Europa Clipper Launch Windows

NASA’s Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to orbit Jupiter, and to make dozens of flybys of Europa. The spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT Oct. 14, 2024, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Europa Clipper lifts off from the launch pad atop a white rocket with two smaller side boosters. A bright, white and orange pillar of fire shoots from the bottom of the rocket stack. White smoke billows around the launch pad. The fixed service structure is to the right of the rocket.
Launch Day
Launch Date
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
1
Oct. 10, 2024
9:31 a.m.
12:31 p.m.
16:31
2
Oct. 11, 2024
9:25 a.m.
12:25 p.m.
16:25
3
Oct. 12, 2024
9:19 a.m.
12:19 p.m.
16:19
4
Oct. 13, 2024
9:12 a.m.
12:12 p.m.
16:12
5
Oct. 14, 2024
9:06 a.m.
12:06 p.m.
16:06
6
Oct. 15, 2024
8:59 a.m.
11:59 a.m.
15:59
7
Oct. 16, 2024
8:52 a.m.
11:52 a.m.
15:52
8
Oct. 17, 2024
8:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
15:45
9
Oct. 18, 2024
8:38 a.m.
11:38 a.m.
15:38
10
Oct. 19, 2024
8:31 a.m.
11:31 a.m.
15:31
11
Oct. 20, 2024
8:23 a.m.
11:23 a.m.
15:23
12
Oct. 21, 2024
8:16 a.m.
11:16 a.m.
15:16
13
Oct. 22, 2024
8:07 a.m.
11:07 a.m.
15:07
14
Oct. 23, 2024
7:53 a.m.
10:53 a.m.
14:53
15
Oct. 24, 2024
7:50 a.m.
10:50 a.m.
14:50
16
Oct. 25, 2024
7:43 a.m.
10:43 a.m.
14:43
17
Oct. 26, 2024
7:35 a.m.
10:35 a.m.
14:35
18
Oct. 27, 2024
7:27 a.m.
10:27 a.m.
14:27
19
Oct. 28, 2024
7:19 a.m.
10:19 a.m.
14:19
20
Oct. 29, 2024
7:12 a.m.
10:12 a.m.
14:12
21
Oct. 30, 2024
7:04 a.m.
10:04 a.m.
14:04
Times are subject to minor changes.