Galileo mission (launched 1989)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Galileo_mission_(launched_1989)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:duration 14 years
gptkbp:endDate 2003-09-21
gptkbp:enteredJupiterOrbit 1995-12-07
gptkbp:firstBook first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter
first probe to enter Jupiter's atmosphere
gptkbp:flyby gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Venus
gptkb:Gaspra
gptkb:Ida
gptkbp:goal study Jupiter and its moons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Galileo mission (launched 1989)
gptkbp:launchDate 1989-10-18
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis
gptkbp:mass 2223 kg
gptkbp:missionType planetary exploration
gptkbp:notableFinds volcanic activity on Io
evidence of subsurface ocean on Europa
magnetic field of Ganymede
intense radiation belts around Jupiter
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:John_Casani
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbiter gptkb:Galileo_orbiter
gptkbp:powerSource radioisotope thermoelectric generators
gptkbp:probe gptkb:Galileo_atmospheric_probe
gptkbp:projectScientist gptkb:Claudia_Alexander
gptkb:Torrence_Johnson
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Galileo
gptkbp:target gptkb:Jupiter
gptkbp:wasteType deorbited into Jupiter
gptkbp:website https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/overview/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Visible_and_Infrared_Mapping_Spectrometer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7