Operator | NASA |
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Manufacturer | JHU/APL |
Function | Plasma Sensor |
Mission duration | Cruise: 3-6 years Science phase: ≥ 3 years |
Host spacecraft | |
Spacecraft | Europa Clipper |
Operator | NASA |
Launch date | October 14, 2024, 16:06:00UTC (12:06 p.m. EDT) |
Rocket | SLS |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center |
The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) is a Faraday cup based instrument that will fly on board the Europa Clipper orbiter to explore Jupiter's moon Europa. PIMS will measure the plasma that populates Jupiter's magnetosphere and Europa's ionosphere.[1]
The principal investigator is Joseph Westlake, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).