Galileo - Countdown to Ganymede 29
These images are all SIMULATED views of the Galileo spacecraft. All of the images shown here are computer generated and are automatically updated every 5 minutes. Clicking on any of the images below will bring up higher resolution versions of the images. All images are shown in spacecraft time (as opposed to Earth receive time). One way light time from Jupiter to Earth is currently about 50 minutes.
 The blue line is the Galileo spacecraft's trajectory. The orbits of the four Galilean satellites are also shown (from the center, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto). The Sun and the Earth are towards the top of the image. |
 The orbits of the Earth and Jupiter are shown here, and they are moving in a counterclockwise direction. During solar conjunction, the Sun gets in between the Earth and the Galileo spacecraft and severely limits communications with the spacecraft, and data playback has to be suspended. The next solar conjunction period runs from April 28 to May 17, 2000. |
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The next satellite flyby will occur on Dec 28, 2000 when Galileo flies by Ganymede. This encounter is referred to as Ganymede 29 since it will occur on the 29th orbit since Galileo entered orbit around Jupiter in December 1995.
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