Post Galileo-Europa-Mission Satellite Tour Design

• Main Authors: Halsell, C. A., Haw, R. J., Pojman, J. L., Johannesen, J. R., Wilson, M. G.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Astronautics (General); Ganymede; Jupiter; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20000057060

The Galileo orbiter mission as originally envisioned would orbit Jupiter eleven times, closely encountering either Europa, Ganymede, or Callisto on ten of those orbits. This nominal or prime mission began with Jupiter orbit insertion on December 7, 1995 and ended as designed ten encounters later on...