Callisto Timeline

All times are SCET (Spacecraft Event Time) in PDT (PDT = UTC - 7 hours).Take a look at the Galileo Acronyms List forexplanations of the acronyms used in this timeline.


EVENT                                       DATE      TIME (PDT/SCET)

Start Encounter                             11 Aug 1999  04:00
Io C/A (range = 737,000 km)                              07:42
Jupiter spectral scan (NIMS)                             07:48
Jupiter radiometry (PPR)                                 12:59
Jupiter hotmap (NIMS)                                    18:00
Europa global (NIMS)                                     21:00
Start Perijove recording (F&P)              12 Aug 1999  01:24
Io plume inventory (SSI)                                 03:59
Jupiter C/A (range = 522,000 km)                         04:07
Amalthea (SSI)                                           10:08
Chorus waves (PWS)                                       11:00
Europa C/A (range = 217,000 km)                          13:02
Ganymede C/A (range = 837,000 km)                        20:00
Jupiter cloud dynamics (SSI)                13 Aug 1999  01:00
Io torus (UVS/EUV)                                       11:49
Jupiter south aurora                                     16:29
Start Earth occultation                     14 Aug 1999  00:43
Callisto C/A (range = 4,690 km)                          01:31
Start Cruise                                             04:23
OTM-69                                      18 Aug 1998    -
OTM-70                                      28 Aug 1998    -
OTM-71                                      13 Sep 1998    -
End Cruise                                               13:00

 * Closest approach distances are with respect to the center of 
the target body.

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