Galileo · Navigation
GALILEO
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GALILEO is a European Union (EUSPA) navigation satellite, part of the Galileo constellation, launched on October 18, 1989 into Jupiter. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 18, 1989 at 04:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Mission
- STS-34 (Galileo)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Jupiter
- Reference body
- Jupiter
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Union (EUSPA)
- Manufacturer
- OHB / SSTL
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,304 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1989-084B
- NORAD catalog №
- 20298
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Galileo
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 21, 2003
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 21, 2003
- Time in service
- 13.9 years
- Fate
- Mission ended at Jupiter.
- Final status
- Decayed
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