These images are all SIMULATED views. All of the images shown here
are computer generated and are automatically updated every 5 minutes. Clicking on any of the images below will bring up higher resolution versions of the images. All images are shown in spacecraft time (as opposed to Earth receive time). One way light time from Jupiter to Earth is currently
52 minutes. Images generated by Ron Baalke.
The Galileo mission ended when the spacecraft impacted Jupiter on September 21, 2003 at 18:57 UTC. Galileo's last
signal arrived at Earth at 19:43 UTC.
Galileo has been
in orbit around Jupiter since December 1995.
Galileo Jupiter Impact Animations
Overhead View of Jupiter
The orbits of the four Galilean satellites are also shown (from the center, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto).
The Sun and the Earth are towards the top of the image.
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Galileo's View of Jupiter
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Overhead View of Earth & Jupiter
The orbits of the Earth and Jupiter are shown here, and they are moving in a counterclockwise direction. During solar conjunction, the Sun gets in between the Earth and the Galileo spacecraft and severely limits communications with the spacecraft, and data playback has to be suspended.
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Galileo's View of Io
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Galileo Flyby Animations
Computer Simulation of the Galileo Flybys During GEM
Overhead View of the entire Galileo Europa Mission Tour |
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Previous Galileo Countdown Pages |
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