Laplace-P

Laplace-P
NamesEuropa Lander (2009–2011)
Mission typeExploration by orbiter and lander
OperatorRoscosmos
Mission duration≥ 10 years
Spacecraft properties
Launch massorbiter: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb)
lander: 950 kg (2,090 lb)
Dry massorbiter: 2,260 kg (4,980 lb)
lander: 550 kg (1,210 lb)
Payload massorbiter: 50 kg (110 lb)
lander: 60 kg (130 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date2026 (proposed)
RocketAngara-A5 with the KVTK upper stage (proposed)
Orbital parameters
Perijove altitude900,000 km (560,000 mi)
Apojove altitude20,000,000 km (12,000,000 mi)
Period200 days
Ganymede lander
Landing date2030 (proposed)

Laplace-P (Russian: Лаплас — П, formerly called Europa Lander) was a proposed orbiter and lander by the Russian Federal Space Agency designed to study the Jovian moon system and explore Ganymede with a lander.

Initially proposed to launch with the European Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) in 2022, this was later changed to an independent launch on an Angara-A5 in 2023. The mission was cancelled due to a lack of funding in 2017.