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  MISSION_NAME                       =  "GALILEO"                             
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_INFORMATION                                                  
     MISSION_START_DATE              = 1977-10-01                             
     MISSION_STOP_DATE               = 1997-11-11                             
     MISSION_ALIAS_NAME              = "JUPITER ORBITER-PROBE                 
(JOP)"                                                                        
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    Mission Overview                                                          
    ================                                                          
      The Galileo mission utilized a single launch of a combined              
      Orbiter and Probe using the space shuttle Atlantis and an               
      inertial upper stage (IUS) to inject the Galileo spacecraft on          
      its interplanetary trajectory to Jupiter.  The launch occured           
      October 18, 1989.  Since the IUS does not have the energy to            
      inject Galileo on a direct trajectory to Jupiter, the                   
      spacecraft was launched first towards Venus for the first leg           
      of its Venus-Earth-Earth gravity assist (VEEGA) trajectory.             
      Target-of-opportunity science observations were made at Venus           
      (closest approach February 10, 1990), the first Earth encounter         
      (closest approach to Earth and Moon December 8, 1990), the              
      asteroid Gaspra (closest approach October 29, 1991), the second         
      Earth encounter (closest approach to Earth and Moon December 8,         
      1992), and the asteroid Ida (closest approach August 28, 1993).         
                                                                              
      At about 150 days before Galileo arrives at Jupiter, the Probe          
      will be separated from the Orbiter.  From this moment, the              
      Probe will be on a ballistic trajectory to the Probe entry              
      point, about 6 degrees north latitude, into the atmosphere of           
      Jupiter.  Using its 400 Newton engine for the first time, the           
      Orbiter executes an Orbiter deflection maneuver to keep from            
      following the Probe into the atmosphere of Jupiter, and to              
      retarget the Orbiter to the proper encounter conditions                 
      required for the Jupiter Orbit Insertion phase of the mission.          
                                                                              
      A close flyby (about 1,000 kilometer altitude) of the Jovian            
      satellite Io will occur during the Jupiter Orbit Insertion              
      phase.  This flyby will permit science observations and will            
      slow the Orbiter down relative to Jupiter by nearly 200                 
      meters/second in order to reduce the propellant required during         
      the Jupiter Orbit Insertion (JOI).  Perijove of about 4 Jupiter         
      radii occurs about 4 hours after Io encounter.  A few minutes           
      after perijove passage, the Probe entry and beginning of the            
      relay of data from the Probe to the Orbiter occurs.                     
                                                                              
      The Probe mission and data relay lasts 75 minutes, after which          
      JOI is performed, slowing the Orbiter down relative to Jupiter          
      by about 630 meters/second.  The initial orbit period is about          
      200 days.  A large 400 Newton engine burn is performed at the           
      first apojove in order to raise perijove from 4 Jupiter radii           
      to about 9 Jupiter radii, thus allowing at least 11 orbits with         
      10 targeted satellite encounters to be completed by the Orbiter         
      without exceeding the allowed total accumulated radiation               
      exposure at the spacecraft.  Only three orbits would be allowed         
      before exceeding this limit if perijove were allowed to stay at         
      4 Jupiter radii, where the radiation environment is very                
      severe.  Also during this perijove raise maneuver, Galileo is           
      targeted to the satellite Ganymede, the first of its Galilean           
      satellite encounters following JOI.                                     
                                                                              
      At this point, the targeting to satellite encounters begins,            
      such that a satellite tour consisting of a minimum of 10                
      targeted satellite encounters is achieved within the 23 month           
      period allotted for the satellite tour.  During the course of           
      the satellite tour, the orientation, shape and size of the              
      spacecraft orbits around the Jovian system, referred to as              
      petals because of how the spacecraft orbits appear on a plan            
      view of the Jovian satellite tour trajectory, is controlled             
      almost exclusively by gravity assists of the satellites                 
      themselves.  The orbit periods are pumped down by successive            
      encounters with the satellites from the initial 200 days to             
      approximately 35-40 days between encounters.  At the 9th orbit,         
      when the orbit petal orientation is approximately in the                
      anti-sun direction, the period is again pumped up to about 100          
      days, allowing one of the primary objectives, probing the               
      Jovian magnetotail, to be accomplished.  After this magnetotail         
      orbit, the period is again pumped down, by gravity assist               
      encounters with the Jovian satellites, to 35-40 days for the            
      final 2-3 targeted encounters.  (Refer to GLLMS1991,                    
      GLLSRD1989; and GLLIOM1992).                                            
                                                                              
                                                                              
    Mission Phases                                                            
    ==============                                                            
                                                                              
      LAUNCH                                                                  
      ------                                                                  
        Galileo was launched on October 18, 1989 at 1654 GMT aboard           
        the Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104), flight STS-34.  An               
        Inertial Upper Stage (IUS-19) placed Galileo on its Earth-            
        to-Venus trajectory.  Following the IUS burn, Galileo                 
        configured itself for solo flight and separated from the IUS          
        on October 19, 1989 at 0107 GMT.  (Refer to GLLMS1991).               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : VENUS                                  
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1989-10-18T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1989-10-19T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      INTERPLANETARY CRUISE                                                   
      ---------------------                                                   
        The trajectory of the spacecraft from Earth to Jupiter was            
        dictated by the limited propulsion capability allowed within          
        the Space Shuttle to boost the spacecraft from Earth orbit to         
        an interplanetary trajectory.  This limit prevented a direct          
        trajectory from Earth to Jupiter; instead a 'VEEGA'                   
        trajectory was used to achieve the energy necessary to send           
        Galileo to Jupiter.  The acronym VEEGA is from the trajectory         
        description: Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist.  In this               
        trajectory, Galileo passes Venus once, then flies by Earth            
        twice, thus obtaining three gravity assists before heading            
        toward Jupiter.  (Refer to SSR1992.) The Earth-Jupiter Cruise         
        phase includes the following phases: Earth-Venus Cruise,              
        Venus Encounter, Venus-Earth Cruise, Earth1 Encounter,                
        Earth-Earth Cruise, Gaspra Encounter, Earth2 Encounter,               
        Earth-Jupiter Cruise, Ida Encounter, Shoemaker-Levy 9                 
        Encounter, Probe Release.                                             
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Target Name                    : VENUS                                  
      Target Name                    : EARTH                                  
      Target Name                    : IDA                                    
      Target Name                    : GASPRA                                 
      Target Name                    : SHOEMAKER/LEVY 9                       
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1989-10-19T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1995-10-08T00:00:0                     
                                                                              
      EARTH-VENUS CRUISE                                                      
      ------------------                                                      
        The Earth-Venus Cruise phase occurred during the                      
        Interplanetary Cruise phase.  It lasted from the end of the           
        Launch sequence to March 5, 1990.  This phase included the            
        encounter with the planet Venus.                                      
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : VENUS                                  
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1989-10-19T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1990-02-19T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      4-DAY CHECKOUT                                                          
      --------------                                                          
        The 4-Day Checkout phase occurred during the Interplanetary           
        Cruise phase.                                                         
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : N/A                                    
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1989-12                                
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : UNK                                    
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      VENUS ENCOUNTER                                                         
      ---------------                                                         
        The Venus Encounter phase occurred during the Interplanetary          
        Cruise phase.  A 10-day single load sequence provided the             
        sequencing resources for the Venus encounter.  Most of the            
        data gathered were put onto the onboard tape recorder, since          
        the high gain antenna had to remain furled behind its                 
        sunshade during this near-sun activity, and the low gain              
        antenna did not have the performance for real-time science            
        data transmission to Earth during the Venus encounter.  The           
        Venus encounter data was played back to Earth in November             
        1990, when Galileo was close enough to Earth that science             
        data rates could be achieved over the low gain antenna.               
        Upstream energetic particles were detected, bowshock                  
        crossings were indicated, and the plasma wave instrument saw          
        evidence of lightning discharges.  Eighty-one images by the           
        Solid State Imaging experiment were taken, which proved               
        useful in atmospheric motion studies.  In addition, the Venus         
        encounter yielded radio tracking data which have been                 
        analyzed by the Radio Science (Celestial Mechanics) Team to           
        obtain a mass estimate for Venus.  In contrast to the other           
        experiments, the Radio Science data were not stored on the            
        spacecraft recorder, but were available in real time on Earth         
        for analysis.  (Refer to GLLMS1991).  Closest approach to             
        Venus occurred February 10, 1990 at an altitude of 16,123 km.         
        at 05:58:48 UTC.                                                      
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : VENUS                                  
      Time of closest approach       : 1990-02-10T05:58:48                    
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1990-02-06T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1990-02-16T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      VENUS-EARTH CRUISE                                                      
      ------------------                                                      
        The Venus Cruise phase occurred during the Interplanetary             
        Cruise phase.  It included the interplanetary cruise from             
        Venus, around the sun, and back to and past the Earth.  This          
        phase also included the first Earth encounter.  The primary           
        science gathering during this period was performed through            
        EUV, DDS, MAG and the USO Redshift experiments.  In November          
        1990, as the spacecraft approached the first Earth encounter,         
        the three DMS tracks of Venus data were successfully played           
        back.                                                                 
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EARTH                                  
      Target Name                    : MOON                                   
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1990-02-19T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1991-04-29T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EARTH1 ENCOUNTER                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
        The first Earth gravity assist occurred on December 8, 1990           
        at a flyby altitude of 960 km at 20:34:34 UTC.                        
                                                                              
        The spacecraft trajectory took Galileo virtually up the               
        Earth's magnetotail, providing unprecedented opportunity for          
        fields and particles measurements.  The plasma science                
        experiment results brought into question the validity of the          
        previous assumption that the bulk flows of the ion and                
        electron plasmas in the distant magnetotail are identical.            
        Spectral mapping observations of Australia and Antarctica             
        were made by the near infrared mapping spectrometer.  A first         
        ever time-lapse movie, in six colors, of the rotating Earth           
        over a period slightly greater than one day was made by the           
        Solid State Imaging experiment.  Multispectral imaging of the         
        western nearside and eastern farside of the Moon were                 
        obtained by the SSI.  This data showed that Orientale Basin           
        ejecta deposits are similar to typical highlands deposits             
        such as the soils at the Apollo 16 site, while observations           
        of the South Pole-Aitken basin interior contain                       
        characteristics that appear distinctively different from that         
        of nearside maria, thus providing new information on mare             
        deposits on the limb and farside of the Moon.                         
                                                                              
        The High-Gain Antenna Deployment planned for April 11, 1991           
        was unsuccessful, most likely due to an incomplete release of         
        three HGA ribs.  Future attempts for rib release were then            
        scheduled for Earth-Earth Cruise.                                     
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EARTH                                  
      Time of closest approach       : 1990-12-08T20:34:34                    
      Target Name                    : MOON                                   
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1990-11-08T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1990-12-16T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EARTH-EARTH CRUISE                                                      
      ------------------                                                      
        The Earth-Earth cruise phase occurred during the                      
        Interplanetary Cruise phase.  It included the interplanetary          
        cruise from Earth, around the sun, and back to and past the           
        Earth a second time.  Key activites included the on-going HGA         
        Recovery effort, which proved unsuccessful, encounters with           
        the asteroid Gaspra as well as with Earth, collection of              
        cruise science data, SSI cover and EPD shade deployments and          
        opportunities for radio science experiments at spacecraft             
        conjunction and opposition.                                           
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EARTH                                  
      Target Name                    : MOON                                   
      Target Name                    : GASPRA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1991-04-29T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1993-04-12T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      GASPRA ENCOUNTER                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
        The Gaspra Encounter phase occurred during the Interplanetary         
        Cruise phase and the Earth-Earth Cruise phase.  On 29 October         
        1991 Galileo passed Gaspra at a distance of approximately             
        1,600 km and a speed of approximately 30,000 km per hour.             
        Color and black and white images were taken of Gaspra as well         
        as measurements to indicate composition and physical                  
        properties.  The data were stored on the spacecraft tape              
        recorder and later played back to Earth.                              
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GASPRA                                 
      Time of closest approach       : 1991-10-29T22:36:59                    
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EARTH2 ENCOUNTER                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
        The Earth2 Encounter phase occurred during the Interplanetary         
        Cruise phase and the Earth-Earth Cruise phase.  The second            
        Earth encounter provided an opportunity to gather Earth and           
        Lunar science and perform instrument calibrations.                    
        Additionally, during this period Galileo participated in the          
        GOPEX deep space laser communication experiment.  The flyby           
        altitude of the Earth 2 was approximately 304 km at 15:09             
        UTC.                                                                  
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EARTH                                  
      Time of closest approach       : 1992-12-08T15:09:00                    
      Target Name                    : MOON                                   
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1992-11-08T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1992-12-20T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EARTH-JUPITER CRUISE                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        The Earth-Jupiter Cruise phase occurs during the                      
        Interplanetary Cruise phase.  It covers the period from April         
        12, 1993 to October 8, 1995.  The second Earth encounter              
        places the spacecraft on a direct trajectory to Jupiter.              
        Again, the spacecraft passes through the Asteroid Belt.  This         
        transit includes an August 1993 encounter with the                    
        32-km.-diameter, S-type, main-belt asteroid, Ida.  The                
        Earth-Jupiter Cruise phase includes the following phases: Ida         
        Encounter, Shoemaker-Levy 9 Encounter, Probe Release.                 
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Target Name                    : IDA                                    
      Target Name                    : SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9                       
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1993-04-12T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1995-10-09T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      IDA ENCOUNTER                                                           
      -------------                                                           
        The Ida Encounter phase occurs during the Interplanetary              
        Cruise phase and the Earth-Jupiter Cruise phase.  Galileo             
        flies by Ida in the southern hemisphere (75 degrees south             
        ecliptic latitude) on the asteroid's dark side, passing               
        approximately 2400 km (1500 mi) from the center of the                
        asteroid while traveling at a speed relative to the asteroid          
        of 12.4 km/sec (27,700 mph).  During closet approach, Ida             
        appears from Earth to be located at Right Ascension: 196.7            
        degrees; Declination: -8.0 degrees toward the constellation           
        Virgo.  Ida is 3-4 degrees northwest of Spica, Virgo's                
        brightest star.                                                       
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : IDA                                    
      Time of closest approach       : 1993-08-28T16:35:00                    
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9 ENCOUNTER                                              
      --------------------------                                              
        The Shoemaker-Levy 9 Encounter phase occurred during the              
        Interplanetary Cruise phase and the Earth-Jupiter Cruise              
        phase.  Shoemaker-Levy 9 was a comet that broke into multiple         
        pieces during its passage by Jupiter in July 1992.  On July           
        16,1994 these fragments began to impact Jupiter.  It is               
        estimated that between 20 and 25 struck the planet.                   
        Observations were made by the following instruments: NIMS,            
        SSI, PPR, PWS, EUV/UVS.  MAG and DDS conducted observations           
        over a longer period of time.                                         
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9                       
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1994-07-16T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1994-07-22T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      PROBE RELEASE                                                           
      -------------                                                           
        The Probe Release Encounter phase occurs during the                   
        Interplanetary Cruise phase and the Earth-Jupiter Cruise              
        phase.  The Probe is released 150 days before Jupiter Orbit           
        Insertion (JOI).  Seven days after release, the Orbiter               
        performs an Orbit Deflection Maneuver (ODM) of about 60 m/sec         
        to place it on a trajectory which overflies the Probe during          
        its entry and descent.  The ODM is the first use of the 400 N         
        engine.                                                               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GP                                     
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1995-07-12T12:21:50                    
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1995-07-12T12:21:50                    
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      JUPITER ORBIT OPERATIONS                                                
      ------------------------                                                
        Jupiter arrival occurs on December 3, 1995.  Arrival day at           
        Jupiter is characterized by a rapid series of high-priority           
        engineering and science events, starting with a 32,000 km             
        non-targeted flyby of Europa.  About 4 1/2 hours after the            
        Europa encounter, the spacecraft then flies within about 1000         
        km.  of Io.  In addition to its unique science value (this is         
        the only close encounter of Io), the flyby is designed to             
        provide a gravity assist which will reduce the delta-V                
        necessary to achieve orbit around Jupiter.                            
                                                                              
        The probe entry occurs a little over 4 hours after the Io             
        encounter.  During the descent of the Probe its data is               
        relayed to Earth by the Orbiter.  Probe Relay lasts 75                
        minutes and is followed about one hour later by the JOI burn.         
                                                                              
        At apojove of the insertion orbit, a large Perijove Raise             
        Maneuver (PJR) increases the perijove altitude of the orbit           
        and targets the spacecraft for its first encounter.  From             
        here on, the trajectory, or tour, is primarily shaped by              
        close encounters with Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.  Ten            
        such close encounters, one per orbit, plus a one-month                
        'phasing orbit' which occurs between the Europa 4 encounter           
        and the Europa 6 encounter are planned over the 23 months of          
        the orbital mission.  There is no targeted encounter during           
        the phasing orbit.  There are several non-targeted encounters         
        (at ranges of tens to hundreds of thousands of kilometers) of         
        the Galilean satellites, Jovian atmospheric and                       
        magnetospheric measurements throughout the tour, and a large          
        'tail petal' orbit designed to explore the Jovian                     
        magnetotail.                                                          
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Target Name                    : IO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1995-10-09T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-12-03T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      JUPITER APPROACH                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
        The Jupiter Approach phase occurs during the Jupiter Orbit            
        Operations phase.  At 60 days before JOI, an intensive study          
        of the Jovian system begins, including atmospheric,                   
        magnetospheric, and satellite observations.                           
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1995-10-09T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1995-12-03T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      JUPITER 0 ORBIT                                                         
      ---------------                                                         
        The Jupiter 0 Orbit phase occurs during the Jupiter Orbit             
        Operations phase.  Jupiter arrival occurs on December 3,              
        1995.  Arrival day at Jupiter is characterized by a rapid             
        series of high-priority engineering and science events,               
        starting with a 32,000 km non-targeted flyby of Europa.               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Target Name                    : IO                                     
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1995-12-03T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-06-29T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      IO 0 ORBIT                                                              
      ----------                                                              
        The Io 0 Orbit phase occurs during the Jupiter Orbit                  
        Operations phase.  About 4 1/2 hours after the Europa                 
        encounter, the spacecraft flies within about 1000 km.  of Io.         
        In addition to its unique science value (this is the only             
        close encounter of Io), the flyby is designed to provide a            
        gravity assist which reduces the delta-V necessary to achieve         
        orbit around Jupiter.                                                 
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : IO                                     
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1995-12-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1995-12-10T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      PROBE                                                                   
      -----                                                                   
        The Probe phase occurs during the Jupiter Orbit Operations            
        phase.  The probe entry occurs a little over 4 hours after            
        the Io encounter.  During the descent of the Probe its data           
        is relayed to Earth by the Orbiter.  Probe Relay lasts 75             
        minutes and is followed about one hour later by the JOI burn.         
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GP                                     
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : JUPITER                                
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1995-12-07T22:56:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1995-12-08T00:11:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 1 ORBIT                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-06-29T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-09-01T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 1 ENCOUNTER                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        Objectives: Wake, Alfven Wing, UVS, gravity, reduce period.           
        Altitude: 500 km, Latitude: 25 degrees                                
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-06-29T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-07-06T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 2 ORBIT                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-09-01T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-11-02T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 2 ENCOUNTER                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        Objectives: Alfven Wing, gravity, reduce inclination                  
        Altitude: 255 km, Latitude: 85 degrees                                
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-09-01T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-09-08T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      CALLISTO 3 ORBIT                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-11-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-12-15T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      CALLISTO 3 ENCOUNTER                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        Objectives: Wake, Alfven Wing, UVS counter-rotate, Jupiter            
        occultation.                                                          
        Altitude: 1100 km, Latitude: 13 degrees                               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-11-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-11-09T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EUROPA 4 ORBIT                                                          
      --------------                                                          
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-12-15T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-02-14T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      EUROPA 4 ENCOUNTER                                                      
      ------------------                                                      
        Objectives: Wake, Europa & Jupiter occultations                       
        Altitude: 695 km, Latitude: 0 degrees                                 
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1996-12-15T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1996-12-22T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EUROPA 6 ORBIT                                                          
      --------------                                                          
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-02-14T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-03-30T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      EUROPA 6 ENCOUNTER                                                      
      ------------------                                                      
        Objectives: Europa, Io, and Jupiter occultations                      
        Altitude: 588 km, Latitude: 17 degrees                                
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-02-14T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-02-21T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 7 ORBIT                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-03-30T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-05-02T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 7 ENCOUNTER                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        Objectives: Alfven Wing.                                              
        Altitude: 3065 km, Latitude: 56 degrees                               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-03-30T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-04-06T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 8 ORBIT                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-05-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-06-22T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      GANYMEDE 8 ENCOUNTER                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        Objectives: Ganymede & Jupiter occultations, distant UVS              
        Altitude: 1584 km, Latitude: 29 degrees                               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : GANYMEDE                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-05-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-05-09T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      CALLISTO 9 ORBIT                                                        
      ----------------                                                        
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-06-22T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-09-13T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      CALLISTO 9 ENCOUNTER                                                    
      --------------------                                                    
        Objectives: Callisto & Jupiter occultations, tail petal               
        Altitude: 416 km, Latitude: 2 degrees                                 
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-06-22T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-06-28T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      CALLISTO 10 ORBIT                                                       
      -----------------                                                       
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-09-13T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-11-02T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      CALLISTO 10 ENCOUNTER                                                   
      ---------------------                                                   
        Objectives: Wake, Alfven Wing, Jupiter Occultation, rotate,           
        UVS, reduce period.                                                   
        Altitude: 524 km, Latitude: 5 degrees                                 
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : CALLISTO                               
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-09-13T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-09-20T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
      EUROPA 11 ORBIT                                                         
      ---------------                                                         
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-11-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-12-07T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : ORBITER                                
                                                                              
      EUROPA 11 ENCOUNTER                                                     
      -------------------                                                     
        Objectives: Alfven Wing, Earth occultation                            
        Altitude: 1119 km, Latitude: 66 degrees                               
                                                                              
      Spacecraft Id                  : GO                                     
      Target Name                    : EUROPA                                 
      Mission Phase Start Time       : 1997-11-02T00:00:0                     
      Mission Phase Stop Time        : 1997-11-09T00:00:0                     
      Spacecraft Operations Type     : FLYBY                                  
                                                                              
"                                                                             
                                                                              
MISSION_OBJECTIVES_SUMMARY = "                                                
                                                                              
    Mission Objectives Summary                                                
    ==========================                                                
      The Galileo mission is designed to make long-term                       
      investigations of the Jovian system using a spacecraft                  
      consisting of a Probe and an Orbiter.  The Probe, after being           
      released on the initial approach to Jupiter, will enter the             
      Jovian atmosphere and make in-situ measurements.  The Probe             
      data will be relayed to Earth by the Orbiter.  The Orbiter will         
      then enter orbit around Jupiter for a 23-month, 10-satellite            
      encounter tour of the Jovian system.                                    
                                                                              
      Specific science objectives of the Galileo mission are:                 
                                                                              
      Jovian Atmosphere: Determine and investigate the chemical               
      composition; structure to at least 10 bars; radiative heat              
      balance; circulation and dynamics; nature of cloud particles.           
                                                                              
      Gaspra, Ida, and Galilean Satellites: Characterize the                  
      morphology, geology and physical state; investigate the surface         
      mineralogy and surface distribution of minerals.                        
                                                                              
      Galilean Satellites: Determine the gravitational and magnetic           
      fields and dynamic properties; study the atmospheres,                   
      ionospheres and extended gas clouds; study the magnetospheric           
      interactions of the satellites.                                         
                                                                              
      Jovian Magnetosphere: Characterize the vector magnetic fields           
      and the energy spectra, composition and angular distribution of         
      plasma and energetic particles, including plasma wave                   
      phenomena, out to 150 Rj."                                              
END_OBJECT = MISSION_INFORMATION                                              
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
    TARGET_NAME = EARTH                                                       
  END_OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                 
END_OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
    TARGET_NAME = GASPRA                                                      
  END_OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                 
END_OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
    TARGET_NAME = JUPITER                                                     
  END_OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                 
END_OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
    TARGET_NAME = MOON                                                        
  END_OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                 
END_OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
    TARGET_NAME = VENUS                                                       
  END_OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                 
END_OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
    TARGET_NAME = IDA                                                         
  END_OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                 
END_OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
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OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = GO                                                       
  OBJECT = MISSION_TARGET                                                     
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OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
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OBJECT = MISSION_HOST                                                         
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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END_OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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END_OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
OBJECT = MISSION_REFERENCE_INFORMATION                                        
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