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GALILEO
Launch Details
| Launched | 17 October 1989 |
| Flight ended | 20 September 2003 |
| Status | Decayed |
| Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
| Owner | United States |
| NORAD ID | 20298 |
| COSPAR ID | 1989-084B |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1989 Oct 18 | – | Launch from Kennedy LC-39B |
| 1990 Feb 10 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Venus |
| 1990 Dec 8 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Earth |
| 1991 Oct 29 | – | Flyby of 951 Gaspra |
| 1992 Dec 8 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Earth |
| 1993 Aug 28 | – | Flyby of 243 Ida |
| 1995 Dec 7 | – | Entry of atmospheric probe into Jovian atmosphere |
| 1995 Dec 8 | – | Insertion into orbit around Jupiter |
| 2002 Jan 17 | – | Cameras deactivated due to radiation damage |
| 2003 Sep 21 | – | Spacecraft destroyed on collision with Jupiter |