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Galileo Artist's concept of Galileo at Io with Jupiter in the background; the high-gain antenna is fully deployed
Names Jupiter Orbiter Probe Mission type Jupiter orbiterOperator NASA COSPAR ID 1989-084B SATCAT no. 20298 Website solarsystem .nasa .gov /galileo / Mission duration
Planned: 8 years, 1 month, 19 days
In orbit: 7 years, 9 months, 13 days
Final: 13 years, 11 months, 3 days
Distance travelled 4,631,778,000 km (2.88 billion mi)[ 1]
Manufacturer Launch mass
Total: 2,562 kg (5,648 lb)[ 2]
Orbiter: 2,223 kg (4,901 lb)[ 2]
Probe: 339 kg (747 lb)[ 2]
Dry mass
Orbiter: 1,884 kg (4,154 lb)[ 2]
Probe: 339 kg (747 lb)[ 2]
Payload mass
Orbiter: 118 kg (260 lb)[ 2]
Probe: 30 kg (66 lb)[ 2]
Power
Orbiter: 570 watts[ 2]
Probe: 730 watt-hours[ 2]
Launch date October 18, 1989, 16:53:40 (1989-10-18UTC16:53:40 ) UTC [ 4] Rocket Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-34 / IUS Launch site Kennedy LC-39B Entered service December 8, 1995, 01:16 UTC SCET [ 3]
Disposal Controlled entry into Jupiter Decay date September 21, 2003, 18:57:18 (2003-09-21UTC18:57:19 ) GMT SCET; September 21, 2003, 19:49:36 (2003-09-21UTC19:49:37 ) GMT ERT[ 1]
Spacecraft component Orbiter Orbital insertion December 8, 1995, 01:16 UTC SCET[ 3] Spacecraft component Probe Atmospheric entry December 7, 1995, 22:04 UTC SCET[ 3] Impact site 06°05′N 04°04′W / 6.083°N 4.067°W / 6.083; -4.067 (Galileo Probe ) at entry interface
Instruments SSI Solid-State Imager NIMS Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer UVS Ultraviolet Spectrometer PPR Photopolarimeter-Radiometer DDS Dust Detector Subsystem EPD Energetic Particles Detector HIC Heavy Ion Counter MAG Magnetometer PLS Plasma Subsystem PWS Plasma Wave Subsystem
Galileo was an unmanned NASA spacecraft . It explored the planet Jupiter and its moons . Galileo was launched in 1989 and it arrived at Jupiter in 1995.
Galileo was made up of two parts: an orbiter and a probe. The probe was released from the orbiter on July 13, 1995 and it went towards Jupiter.[ 5] [ 6] It reached Jupiter on December 7, 1995 and went down into the atmosphere.[ 5] [ 6] The probe gathered data for 57 minutes until the great atmospheric heat and pressure destroyed it.[ 5] [ 6]
The orbiter went into orbit around the planet on December 8, 1995[ 5] and went down into Jupiter's atmosphere and was crushed on September 21, 2003.[ 7]
↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Final Day on Galileo - Sunday, September 21, 2003" . NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory via Spaceref.com . September 19, 2003. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .[permanent dead link ]
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 "Galileo Jupiter Arrival" (PDF) (Press Kit). NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory. December 1995.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 D'Amario, Louis A.; Bright, Larry E.; Wolf, Aron A. (May 1992). "Galileo Trajectory Design". Space Science Reviews . 60 (1–4): 23–78. Bibcode :1992SSRv...60...23D . doi :10.1007/BF00216849 . S2CID 122388506 .
↑ Beyer, P. E.; O'Connor, R. C.; Mudgway, D. J. (May 15, 1992). "Galileo Early Cruise, Including Venus, First Earth, and Gaspra Encounters" (PDF) . The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report . NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory: 265–281. TDA Progress Report 42-109.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "NASA: Solar System Exploration: Missions: By Target: Jupiter: Past: Galileo" . NASA. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2011-03-29 .
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Galileo". Encyclopædia Britannica Deluxe Edition . Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005.
↑ "NASA: Solar System Exploration: Galileo Legacy Site" . NASA. Archived from the original on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2011-03-29 .