Galileo Probe
INTRODUCTION
The Galileo Probe was an entry into the atmosphere which was carried out by the Galileo spacecraft to the heavenly body, Jupiter. The probe entered the hot spot and then returned to the earth with useful information of space. The probe was 747 lb. And it was built by Hughes Aircraft Company at the plant in California called El Segundo (Russell, 2012). It measured about 1.4 meters across. The probe was devised in a way that it could sustain high temperatures in which the inner part was made of a heat shield. The scientific instruments inside were protected from the extreme heat as well as pressure that during the duration of its high speed to space. The inside part was scientifically devised due to the …show more content…
Initially, the inertial upper stage was to be used, but it later changed to the Centaur booster. After the challenge, this changed to IUS. In this case, the Centaur-G liquid hydrogen was used as fuel at the booster stage which allowed for the direct trajectory of the rocket to the Jupiter. But the mission was halted further by the hiatus in launches that took place after the space shuttle Challenger disaster. In reaction to this, the new safety infrastructure was advanced and banned the use of the Centaur-G stage on the shuttle which forced Galileo to utilize the low powered inertial upper stage solid fuel booster. The re-profiling of the mission was in 1987 to use gravitational slingshots known as the VEGA or the Venus-Earth gravity assist maneuvers, to help in the additional velocity needed to get to its destination. The launch was finally carried out on 18th October 1989 by the space shuttle Atlantis on the mission of the …show more content…
The probe entered the hot spot and then returned to the earth with useful information of space (Wong, 2001). The construction of the Galileo probe involved a lot of instruments which included vast technologies. A scientific device which was meant to measure particles and fields were mounted on the spinning parts of the spacecraft. The power supply, antenna the control electronics, computers and the propulsion modules were also installed at space graft.On the discoveries, Less lightning was detected by the probe, less water, and some winds was higher than expected. The turbulence of the atmospheres was more intense than anticipated, and the strength of the wind was more than the expected where its movement was about three hundred and fifty kilometers per
INTRODUCTION
The Galileo Probe was an entry into the atmosphere which was carried out by the Galileo spacecraft to the heavenly body, Jupiter. The probe entered the hot spot and then returned to the earth with useful information of space. The probe was 747 lb. And it was built by Hughes Aircraft Company at the plant in California called El Segundo (Russell, 2012). It measured about 1.4 meters across. The probe was devised in a way that it could sustain high temperatures in which the inner part was made of a heat shield. The scientific instruments inside were protected from the extreme heat as well as pressure that during the duration of its high speed to space. The inside part was scientifically devised due to the …show more content…
Initially, the inertial upper stage was to be used, but it later changed to the Centaur booster. After the challenge, this changed to IUS. In this case, the Centaur-G liquid hydrogen was used as fuel at the booster stage which allowed for the direct trajectory of the rocket to the Jupiter. But the mission was halted further by the hiatus in launches that took place after the space shuttle Challenger disaster. In reaction to this, the new safety infrastructure was advanced and banned the use of the Centaur-G stage on the shuttle which forced Galileo to utilize the low powered inertial upper stage solid fuel booster. The re-profiling of the mission was in 1987 to use gravitational slingshots known as the VEGA or the Venus-Earth gravity assist maneuvers, to help in the additional velocity needed to get to its destination. The launch was finally carried out on 18th October 1989 by the space shuttle Atlantis on the mission of the …show more content…
The probe entered the hot spot and then returned to the earth with useful information of space (Wong, 2001). The construction of the Galileo probe involved a lot of instruments which included vast technologies. A scientific device which was meant to measure particles and fields were mounted on the spinning parts of the spacecraft. The power supply, antenna the control electronics, computers and the propulsion modules were also installed at space graft.On the discoveries, Less lightning was detected by the probe, less water, and some winds was higher than expected. The turbulence of the atmospheres was more intense than anticipated, and the strength of the wind was more than the expected where its movement was about three hundred and fifty kilometers per