🚀 Galileo

First spacecraft to orbit Jupiter! Launched Oct 18, 1989. Used Venus and two Earth flybys to gain enough energy.

Discovered evidence of subsurface oceans on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Released a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere.

1989
Launch Year
3
Gravity Assists
6 yr
To Jupiter
8 yr
At Jupiter
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