Russia has allocated 1.5 million dollars for the development of a technical proposal to land a probe on the surface of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon.
Ganymede would be an excellent choice. It is the largest moon in the solar system, 8% larger than Mercury but has only 45% of Mercury's mass.
The Russian mission will be called Laplas-P1, would consist of two spacecraft launched by separate heavy lift launch vehicles. The trip to Jupiter would take upwards of nine years.
In all likelihood a prototype would not be available until 2017, with a launch date of 2023 the arrival could not take place any earlier that 2030.
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