Galileo
Space probe
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Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, it consisted of an orbiter and an entry probe. Wikipedia
Cost: 1.6 billion USD
Launch date: October 18, 1989
Launch site: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Orbit height: 20,505 mi
Speed on orbit: 29.83 miles/s
Manufacturers: Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Max speed: 108,000 mph
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