In orbitRocket body

FALCON HEAVY R/B

NORAD: 61508
COSPAR: 2024-182B

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Spacecraft

Built by: SpaceX
Owner: SpaceX
Platform (bus): F9St2
Mass at launch: 4,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 4,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 12.6 m
Diameter: 3.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 12.6 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S61508, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2024-10-14
Rocket: Falcon Heavy
Flight: Europa Clipper
Mission name: Europa Clipper
Launch site: NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, LC39A
Launched by: SpaceX
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2024-182

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2024-182, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2024-10-14
Orbits: the Sun

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit