Galileo
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NASA robotic space probe that studied the Jupiter system, as well as asteroids Gaspra and Ida
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Galileo mission
- Has part
- Jupiter Atmospheric Probe
- Named after
- Galileo Galilei
- Official name
- Galileo
- Operator
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Mass
- 1298
- Manufacturer
- General Electric
- Image
- Artwork Galileo-Io-Jupiter.JPG
- Height
- 6.15
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- space launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1989-10-18
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- payload mass
- 118
- time of object orbit decay
- 2003-09-21
- event distance
- 4631778000
- orbits completed
- 35
- funder
- NASA
- transmitted signal type
- S band
- space tug
- Inertial Upper Stage
- Commons category
- Galileo mission
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