Europa Timeline

All times are SCET (Spacecraft Event Time) in PST (PST = UTC - 8 hours). Take a look at the Galileo Acronyms List for explanations of the acronyms used in this timeline.


EVENT                                       DATE      TIME (PST/SCET)

Start Encounter                             30 May 1998  14:00 
Europa atmosphere (UVS)                                  14:59
Jupiter spectral scan (NIMS)                             19:59
Start Europa gravity field (RS)             31 May 1998  04:11
Io monitoring (NIMS/UVS)                                 06:15
Europa dayside thermal map (PPR)                         12:05
Europa-Magnetosphere interaction (F&P)                   13:41
Io C/A (range = 312,000)                                 14:00
Europa Cilix (SSI)                                       14:04
Europa C/A (range = 4,090 km)                            14:12
Europa surface composition (NIMS/UVS)                    14:16
Europa global (NIMS/UVS/PPR)                             19:15
Jupiter C/A (range = 632,000 km)                         19:35
Callisto C/A (range = 1,240,000 km)         01 Jun 1998  00:25
Io ecllipse (SSI)                                        12:39
Jupiter upper atmosphere                                 12:49
Io Kanehikili plume (SSI)                                14:15
Ganymede C/A (range = 328,000 km)                        14:51
Io torus                                                 19:44
Start Cruise                                02 Jun 1998  11:00
OTM-48                                      04 Jun 1998    -
OTM-49                                      25 Jun 1998    -
OTM-50                                      17 Jul 1998    -
End Cruise                                  19 Jul 1998  22:00


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

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