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)

Callisto C/A (range = 899,000 km)           30 Jan 1999  07:16
Start Encounter                                          18:00
Start Europa gravity field                  31 Jan 1999  08:09
Spacecraft turn for science                              09:22
Europa-Magnetosphere interaction (F&P)                   17:39
Europa hexagonal ice (NIMS)                              18:06
Europa C/A (range = 3,060 km)                            18:10
Europa plume search (SSI)                                18:15
Spacecraft turn for science                              20:43
Jupiter C/A (range = 650,000 km)                         21:00
Ganymede polarimetry (PPR)                               22:59
Io polarimetry (PPR)                        01 Feb 1999  00:36
Jupiter polarimetry (PPR)                                00:43
Spacecraft turn to Earth-point                           04:02
Ganymede C/A (range = 1,600,000 km)                      04:46
Jupiter cloud dynamics (SSI)                             14:00
Io C/A (range = 856,000 km)                              20:24
Start Cruise                                03 Feb 1999  04:16
OTM-60                                      04 Feb 1999    -
OTM-61                                      18 Mar 1999    -
Start solar conjuction                      22 Mar 1999  11:22
End solar conjuction                        10 Apr 1999  02:43
OTM-62                                      02 May 1999    -
End Cruise                                  02 May 1999  10:00


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

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