Io Volcano Observer
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Io Volcano Observer is a proposed low-cost mission to explore Jupiter's moon Io to understand tidal heating as a fundamental planetary process. The main science goals are to understand how and where tidal heat is generated inside Io, how tidal... Wikipedia
Launch date: January 2029 (proposed)
Launch mass: <2000 kg
Mission duration: 5-year transit to Jupiter 47-month primary mission at Jupiter