Galileo

Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, it consisted of an orbiter and an entry probe. It was delivered into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989, by Space Shuttle Atlantis, during STS-34. Galileo arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, after gravitational assist flybys of Venus and Earth, and became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet.

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Galileo orbiter, Galileo spacecraft
planetary probe, former entity, orbiter, Space Shuttle, 

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1989-10-18T00:00:00Z

1989-10-18T00:00:00Z

1989 Galileo

1992-12-08T00:00:00Z

1992-12-08T00:00:00Z

gravity assist

1990-02-10T00:00:00Z

1990-02-10T00:00:00Z

gravity assist

1990-12-08T00:00:00Z

1990-12-08T00:00:00Z

gravity assist

2003-09-21T00:00:00Z

2003-09-21T00:00:00Z

atmospheric entry

1991-10-29T00:00:00Z

1991-10-29T00:00:00Z

flyby

1995-12-08T00:00:00Z

1995-12-08T00:00:00Z

orbit insertion

1989-10-18T00:00:00Z

1989-10-18T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1993-08-28T00:00:00Z

1993-08-28T00:00:00Z

flyby

1989-10-18T00:00:00Z

1989-10-18T00:00:00Z

deployment

1995-12-08T00:00:00Z

1995-12-08T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

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Frameless

Shuttle-Centaur with Galileo

The Perinne regio imaged by the Galileo space probe. The Enki catena is slightly lower onthe right

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Shuttle-Centaur with Galileo		Commons
commons	image		The Perinne regio imaged by the Galileo space probe. The Enki catena is slightly lower onthe right		Commons