NASA's Galileo spacecraft

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ganymede
gptkb:Io
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkb:NASA_Marshall_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:NASA_Glenn_Research_Center
gptkb:University
gptkb:spacecraft
gptkb:NASA_Langley_Research_Center
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkb:NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
gptkb:NASA_Johnson_Space_Center
gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:communication gptkb:NASA's_Deep_Space_Network
X-band radio frequency
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:2003
gptkbp:height 1.5 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA's Galileo spacecraft
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Near_Infrared_Mapping_Spectrometer
gptkb:Solid_State_Imaging_Camera
gptkb:video_game
Dust Detector System
Radio Science Subsystem
Plasma Science Instrument
gptkbp:is_a_destination_for gptkb:Jupiter
gptkbp:launch_date October 18, 1989
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis
gptkbp:launched gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:length 4.5 meters
gptkbp:mass 3,200 kg
gptkbp:mission gptkb:spacecraft
gptkb:Jupiter's_atmosphere
September 21, 2003
gptkbp:mission_duration 6 years
gptkbp:notable_achievement first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter
gptkbp:notable_work discovered evidence of subsurface ocean on Europa
observed the Great Red Spot
provided detailed images of Jupiter's atmosphere
studied Jupiter's moons
gptkbp:orbital_period 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:power_output gptkb:Radioisotope_Thermoelectric_Generators
gptkbp:provides_information_on over 14 gigabits
gptkbp:scientific_goals study Jupiter's atmosphere
study Jupiter's magnetosphere
understand the formation of the solar system
investigate the origin of Jupiter
study the Galilean moons
gptkbp:services first spacecraft to study the atmosphere of Jupiter in detail
first spacecraft to detect a magnetic field around Ganymede
first spacecraft to send data from within Jupiter's radiation belts
first spacecraft to map the surface of Europa
first spacecraft to observe the volcanic activity on Io
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Juno_spacecraft
gptkbp:width 2.5 meters