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Galileo News Archive
1998
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Galileo Status Report (February 12, 1999)
Galileo Spacecraft Enters Safe Mode following Europa Encounter.
- Galileo Status Report (January 6, 1999)
Galileo continues to transmit magnetosphere data.
- Galileo Status Report (December 16, 1998)
Galileo continues to transmit instrument calibration data, magnetosphere data.
- Galileo Status Report (November 24, 1998)
Galileo out of safemode, will begin to transmit data.
- Galileo Status Report (November 23, 1998)
Galileo goes into safemode, misses most of Europa 18 encounter.
- Galileo Status Report (November 19, 1998)
Galileo prepares for November 22 Europa Flyby.
- Galileo Status Report (November 9, 1998)
Galileo Wraps Up Transmission of Data from September 26 Europa Flyby.
- Galileo Status Report (November 3, 1998)
Galileo Continues Transmission of Latest Europa Data from September 26 Flyby.
- Jupiter's Moon Callisto May Hide Salty Ocean (October 21, 1998)
- Galileo Scientists Release New Images, Findings about Jupiter's White Ovals (October 14, 1998)
- Galileo Announces Release of New Images of Jupiter, Io (October 9, 1998)
- Galileo Status Report (September 28, 1998)
Galileo completes latest flyby of Europa on schedule and on target.
- Galileo Status Report (September 25, 1998)
Data collection during Galileo encounter with Europa proceeds despite gyroscope anomaly.
- Galileo Status Report (September 21, 1998)
Galileo prepares for next Europa flyby on September 25, 1998.
- Galileo Status Report (August 10, 1998)
Playback of E15 data continues, successful flight path correction.
- Galileo Status Report (July 29, 1998)
Spacecraft resumes transmitting science data back to Earth, anomaly identified as
a shorted signal line, gyroscope test today.
- Galileo Status Report (July 23, 1998)
Spacecraft computer has been recovered, science processing to be restarted
- Galileo Status Report (July 21, 1998)
Anomaly with spacecraft's main computer, data from Europa flyby lost, recovery of spacecraft in progress
- Galileo Status Report (July 6, 1998)
Playback of E15 data continues, successful spacecraft maneuver & gyroscope performance test
- Galileo Status Report (June 17, 1998)
Playback of E15 data continues.
- Galileo Status Report (June 5, 1998)
E15 encounter successful, playback has started, minor gyroscope anomaly experienced.
- Galileo Mission Finds Strange Interior Of Callisto (June 4, 1998)
- Galileo Status Report (May 29, 1998)
Spacecraft sequence aborted, but resumed, preparations for E15 encounter continue.
- Galileo Status Report (May 14, 1998)
Playback of E14 data continues, attitude anomaly fixed.
- Galileo Status Report (April 9, 1998)
Gyroscope problem narrowed to a single chip, playback of E14 encounter continues.
- New Class Of Dust Ring Discovered Around Jupiter (April 3, 1998)
- Galileo Status Report (March 25, 1998)
Playback of E12 data near completion, preparations for E14 encounter continue.
- Galileo Status Report (March 11, 1998)
Solar conjunction has ended, playback of data resumed, gyroscope degraded
further due to Jupiter's radiation
- Galileo Status Report (February 17, 1998)
Successful flyby of Europa on Feb. 10, approaching conjunction with the Sun
- Galileo Status Report (January 30, 1998)
Playback of Europa 12 data continues, pointing anomaly confirmed to be gyroscope, successful
flight maneuver performed
- Galileo Status Report (January 20, 1998)
Playback continues, pointing anomolies are apparently gyroscope-related
- Galileo Status Report (January 13, 1998)
Minor antenna-pointing anomalies being investigated, playback of last encounter continues
- Galileo Starts Two-Year Europa Extended Mission (January 9, 1998)
1997
- Closest Europa Flyby Marks Start of Galileo Mission "Part II" (December 16, 1997)
- Galileo Status Report (November 25, 1997)
Galileo continues playback of E11 data, spacecraft reaches apojove
- Galileo Status Report (November 18, 1997)
Galileo continues playback of E11 data, preparations for E12 encounter begin
- Galileo Status Report (November 11, 1997)
Galileo successfully completes E11 encounter, playback of E11 data started
- Galileo Finds Arizona-Sized Volcanic Deposit on Io (November 5, 1997)
- Galileo Status Report (November 3, 1997)
Callisto 10 playback completed, OTM performed, Europa 11 encounter started
- Galileo Status Report (October 10, 1997)
Playback of C10 data continues
- Galileo Status Report (October 2, 1997)
Playback of C10 data continues, occultation experiments performed, minor problem with PWS instrument
- Galileo Status Report (September 23, 1997)
Galileo successfully completes its third and final flyby of Callisto
- Galileo Status Report (September 8, 1997)
Playback of Callisto-9 data paused for observations of Jupiter's atmosphere.
- Galileo Status Report (August 15, 1997)
Data playback from current orbit & C9 continues.
- Galileo Status Report (August 6, 1997)
Spacecraft will pass through Jupiter's magnetotail, playback from C9 encounter continues.
- Galileo Finds Europa Has An Atmosphere (July 18, 1997)
- Galileo Finds Wet Spots, Dry Spots and New View of Jupiter's Light Show (June 5, 1997)
- Galileo Returns New Insights Into Callisto and Europa (May 23, 1997)
- Galileo To Take One Last Close Look at Ganymede (May 6, 1997)
- Galileo Status Report (April 28, 1997)
Field & particles survey & playback of G7 data continues, preparations for G8 start.
- Galileo Status Report (April 17, 1997)
Field & particles survey & playback of G7 data continues.
- New Galileo Images Hint At Wet And Wild History For Europa (April 9, 1997)
- Galileo Status Report (March 27, 1997)
Final week of Europa 6 data playback, preparations for orbital trim maneuver.
- Galileo Status Report (March 13, 1997)
Data playback of Europa 6 data continues.
- Galileo Status Report (February 27, 1997)
Data playback of Europa 6 data has started.
- Galileo Returns to Europa For Another Close Look
(February 19, 1997)
- Galileo Team Makes Historic Trek to Italy (February 12, 1997)
- Ice Volcanoes Reshape Europa's Chaotic Surface
(January 17, 1997)
- New Galileo Images of Europa To Be Presented on Jan 17
1996
- Galileo Status Report (December 26, 1996)
Playback of Europa 4 data has started.
- Galileo Status Report (December 18, 1996)
Europa 4 encounter is underway.
- New Discoveries From Galileo (December 12, 1996)
Ganymede has a magnetic field, new images of Callisto & Europa.
- Galileo Status Report (December 10, 1996)
Data playback continues, preparations for Europa flyby continues, new flight
software loaded on DDS instrument.
- Galileo Status Report (November 27, 1996)
Playback of Callisto 3 data continues, orbit trajectory trim maneuver executed.
- NASA Links Antenas to Maximize Galileo Data Return
(November 7, 1996)
- Galileo Makes Close Pass By Callisto (November 4, 1996
- Galileo Status Report (October 30, 1996)
Playback of Ganymede 2 data completed, final preparations for Callisto encounter continue, OPNAV
images of Callisto obtained.
- Galileo Finds High-Altitude Ionosphere at Io! (October 23, 1996)
- Galileo
Status Report (October 18, 1996)
Data download continues, OPNAV images of Callisto failed, testing of ground data arraying
continues.
- Galileo
Status Report (October 9, 1996)
Half of G2 data played back to Earth, radio receiver operating normally, tape
recorder conditioned, testing of DSN array continues.
- Galileo
Status Report (September 26, 1996)
Tape playback continues,
no problems with radio receiver, NIMS problem probably due to Jupiter radiation.
- Galileo Status Report (September 16, 1996)
Tape playback continues, new anomaly with the spacecraft radio receiver, NIMS so
ftware,
reloaded, PPR filter wheel still stuck
- Galileo Status Report (September 6, 1996)
Ganymede Flyby is Successful!
- Galileo To Make Second Pass Of Ganymede (September 4, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (August 30, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (August 26, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (August 23, 1996)
- Jupiter's Europa Harbors Possible "Warm Ice" or Liquid Water (August 13, 1996)
- Goldin Statement on New Galileo Europa Images (August 13, 1996)
- New Galileo Images of Europa, Great Red Spot, Io Volcanoes to be Revealed (August 7, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (August 1, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (July 19, 1996)
- Galileo Finds Big Changes in Io (July 18, 1996)
- Galileo Makes New Discoveries at Ganymede
(July 10, 1996)
- Galileo Images of Ganymede Released (July 10, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (June 27, 1996)
- Galileo Ready For Close Flyby of Ganymede (June 24, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (June 25, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (June 21, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (June 13, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (June 4, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (May 23, 1996)
- Galileo Probe Data Spurs New Concepts For Jupiter's Circulation and Formation (May 21, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (May 9, 1996)
- Galileo Finds Giant Iron Core in Jupiter's Moon Io (May 3, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (May 1, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (April 22, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (April 15, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (April 8, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (April 1, 1996)
- Galileo Scientists Report Changing Findings About Jupiter (March 18, 1996)
- Galileo's Perijove Raise Maneuver Successful (March 14, 1996)
- Galileo's Perijove Raise Maneuver (March 12, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (March 8, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (March 1, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (January 26, 1996)
- Summary of First Science
Results from the Galileo Probe (January 25, 1996)
- Galileo Probe Science Results (January 22, 1996)
- Galileo Probe Results Press Conference Set For Jan 22
- Best Is Yet To Come For Galileo (January 12, 1996)
- Galileo Status Report (January 9, 1996)
1995
- IRTF Images of Jupiter at Time of Galileo Probe Entry (December 7, 1995)
- Galileo Probe Results Briefing Postponed (December 18, 1995)
- JPL Celebrates JOI-Ful Milestone (December 15, 1995)
- Galileo Status Report (December 15, 1995)
- Galileo Probe Results Briefing Set for Dec 19
- Galileo Status Report (December 10, 1995)
- Galileo Status Report (December 8, 1995)
- Galileo Is In Jupiter Orbit! (December 7, 1995)
- Galileo Engine Burn Has Started! (December 7, 1995)
- Probe Signal Acquired! (December 7, 1995)
- Galileo Status Report (December 6, 1995)
- Galileo Status Report (December 5, 1995)
- Galileo Crosses Into Jupiter's Magnetosphere (December 1, 1995)
- Galileo Status Report (December 1, 1995)
- Galileo Less Than Three Weeks From Jupiter (November 17, 1995)
- Galileo Status Report (November 16, 1995)
- New Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) Images of Jupiter shows the Galileo probe entry site (July 27, 1995)
- New Pic du Midi Observatory Images of Jupiter in Support of Galileo Mission
- Galileo Status Report (November 1, 1995)
- Galileo Jupiter Arrival Press Kit Now Available
- New Hubble Images of Jupiter shows the Galileo's probe entry site
- Galileo Jupiter Arrival Event with the Planetary Society
- Galileo Anomaly Status (Last updated October 26, 1995).
- Jupiter to Galileo: Pardon Our Dust
(August 29, 1995)
- Orbiter Deflection Maneuver Status: ODM Successfully Completed!
- Probe Release Status:
Probe has been released!
Miscellaneous
- Trajectory Status: Where is the spacecraft today?
- Galileo's Orbital Elements: Plot Galileo's course
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