The first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, studying the planet and its moons for eight years and finding evidence of an ocean beneath Europa's ice. On the way it made the first flyby of an asteroid.
Milestones
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Launch18 Oct 1989Venus flyby10 Feb 1990Earth flyby8 Dec 1990Asteroid Gaspra flyby29 Oct 1991Second Earth flyby8 Dec 1992Asteroid Ida flyby28 Aug 1993Probe released12 Jul 1995Probe plunges into Jupiter7 Dec 1995Enters orbit around Jupiter8 Dec 1995Plunges into Jupiter21 Sept 2003
Spin-stabilised orbiter with a de-spun section for its cameras. Its main antenna failed to open, so all data came back through a small low-gain antenna.
