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Galileo Spacecraft

Components

Galileo spacecraft had two major components;

The orbiter further had two parts;

  • a non-spinning section, which housed cameras and other remote sensors;
  • the main spinning section that contained all the fields and particles instruments. These instruments could sense and measure the environment directly as the spacecraft flew through it.

Spacecraft

Spacecraft Instruments

 

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