Ganymede 7 Timeline

All times are SCET (Spacecraft Event Time) in PST (PST = UTC - 8 hours) or PDT (PDT = UTC - 7 hours). Take a look at the Galileo Acronyms List for explanations of the acronyms used in this timeline.


EVENT                                       DATE      TIME (PST/PDT-SCET)

Start Encounter                             30 Mar 97    08:00
Dawn-side plasma sheet recording (F&P)                   10:48
Adrastea OPNAV observation                  31           07:49
OTM-23                                                   20:40
Io Torus observation (UVS/EUV)              01 April     05:00
Real-time Jupiter aurora  (UVS/EUV)         02           04:19
Callisto global color image (SSI)                        08:42
Jupiter auroral map (UVS)                                08:48
Callisto C/A (range = 637000 km)                         08:51
Callisto global coverage (NIMS)                          10:47
First Small Red Spot observation (SSI)                   18:09
First Io monitoring observation (NIMS)                   21:11
Europa full disk image (SSI)                03           09:42
Io C/A (range = 531000 km)                               13:11
Europa dayside global thermal map (PPR)                  18:35
Europa Tyre Macula region (NIMS)                         21:52
Europa C/A (range = 251000 km)                           21:59
Jupiter C/A (range = 651000 km)             04           03:04
Last Io monitoring observation (NIMS)                    21:08
Ganymede Nicholson Regio (SSI)                           22:31
Ganymede Kittu region (SSI)                              22:39
Ganymede Alfven wing recording (F&P)                     22:44
Ganymede C/A (range = 5730 km)                           23:10
Ganymede high resolution observation (PPR)               23:11
Ganymede global surface map (NIMS)          05           06:23
Last Small Red Spot observation (NIMS)      06           08:54*
Start Playback                                           09:00
OTM-24                                      08           01:00
Turn for attitude maintenance               18           11:38
OTM-25                                      21           03:00
End Ganymede-7 real-time survey (F&P)       21           21:00
Start Ganymede-8 real-time survey (F&P)     02 May       11:00
End Playback                                04           09:00

* Denotes transition from PST to PDT

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

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