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Europa Clipper will carry 10 key instruments, including cameras, magnetic field sensors and devices to identify materials on the moon's surface. But with less than two years to go before launch, only three of those instruments have been installed on the main spacecraft body, and five haven't yet arrived at JPL."The ATLO people have expended all of their magic," Niebur said."Any further delay is going to eat directly into the schedule margin we have.
During the meeting, Tim Larson, project manager for Europa Clipper at JPL, ran through the status of each instrument, as well as other key spacecraft components. The spacecraft's solar array panels are being connected in the Netherlands, for example, while two instruments are expected to arrive at JPL within the next couple of months. Since the presentation, JPL
that engineers have installed the four reaction wheels that will keep the spacecraft properly pointed. And engineers at JPL have received the spacecraft's high-gain antenna and a dust analyzer, Larson said.
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