Europa Clipper Scale Model 2022E Version
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<h3>Europa Clipper Model 2022E Version</h3> This is a model for anyone who wants to see Europa Clipper's major components and science instruments, and manipulate the solar-array-radar wings. The spacecraft's X, Y & Z body axes are plainly marked on the model. Attitude Control components shown include Stellar Reference Units, Sun Sensors, Reaction Wheels, and Thrusters. Communications and Gravity Science components include High-Gain Antenna, Medium-Gain Antenna, Low-Gain Antennas, and Fan Beam antennas. To identify the instruments and spacecraft components, use this wonderful Europa Clipper Project spacecraft interactive visualization website: <A href="https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/meet-europa-clipper" target="new">europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/meet-europa-clipper</A> <b>Printing:</b> All the model's components are designed to be simple enough for FDM printing* so you can just carry the .stl files to your nearby desktop 3D printer. Also, there is a single-file whole Body .stl file for those using SLS or SLA or equivalent 3D printers. <b>Scale:</b> If printed as-is with no size adjustment, the scale is approximately 1:106. This version successfully reproduces key visual cues and technical details; in a future version, design tweaks might further improve scale accuracy. <b>Wings:</b> Add some blue masking tape, or glue on the images provided, to represent the photovoltaic solar cells. Snip off the REASON VHF antennas, remove their sprues, and press onto connectors on panel edges (see images). Glue in place perpendicular to the solar wings. Add the longer REASON HF antennas (see photos), one on each wing. <b>Version 2022E:</b> Improvements in this Version include corrected orientation of the Reaction Wheels, and addition of the plus-Y Sun Sensors. No revisions are expected to the actual spacecraft design (that would be visible in the model) before launch in October, 2024, so this version should remain useful well into the Mission's Phase E, flight operations. Check back here for new files with minor updates. The files available here might be unceremoniously updated for improvement once in a while, without incurring an "official" Version increment; the file listing shows the date each file is updated. <hr><font size="2">*FDM: Fused Deposition Modeling, the most common desktop kind these days. SLS is Selective Laser Sintering, which forms the object as it "floats" in a bed of powder. SLA is Stereo Lithography, which uses liquid. </font> <p>
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