 Europa-UVS Final Configuration | |
| Operator | NASA |
|---|---|
| Instrument type | Ultraviolet spectrograph |
| Function | detector and analyzer |
| Mission duration | Cruise: 3-6 years Science phase: ≥ 3 years |
| Properties | |
| Spectral band | ultraviolet |
| Host spacecraft | |
| Spacecraft | Europa Clipper |
| Operator | NASA |
| Launch date | ≈ 2025 [1] |
| Rocket | SLS |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center |
The Europa Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Europa-UVS) is an ultraviolet spectrograph imager that will be flown on board the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.[2] The Europa-UVS will be able to detect small erupting plumes and will provide data about the composition and dynamics of Europa's thin exosphere.
The Principal Investigator is Kurt Retherford of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and the instrument engineer is Laura Jones-Wilson from JPL.
- ^ Europa Clipper passes key review. Jeff Foust, Space News. 22 August 2019.
- ^ The Ultraviolet Spectrograph on the Europa Mission (Europa-UVS). Retherford, K. D.; Gladstone, R.; Greathouse, T. K.; Steffl, A.; Davis, M. W.; Feldman, P. D.; McGrath, M. A.; Roth, L.; Saur, J.; Spencer, J. R.; Stern, S. A.; Pope, S.; Freeman, M. A.; Persyn, S. C.; Araujo, M. F.; Cortinas, S. C.; Monreal, R. M.; Persson, K. B.; Trantham, B. J.; Versteeg, M. H.; Walther, B. C. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, abstract #P13E-02.