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Jupiter Atmospheric Probe

Jupiter atmospheric-entry probe deployed by the Galileo spacecraft
Vehicle Space Probe Q19878355
Jupiter Atmospheric Probe
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
space probe, reentry vehicle, former entity[2][3]
Part of
Galileo mission[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 6.500°, -4.400°
Cause of destruction
heat, pressure[14][15]
Country of origin
United States[10]
Developer
Hughes Aircraft Company[6]
Diameter
127 cm[24]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
December 8, 1995[12]
Funder
National Aeronautics and Space Administration[26]
Height
86 cm[22]
Located on astronomical body
Jupiter[9]
Manufacturer
Hughes Aircraft Company[5]
Mass
339 kg[23]
Operator
Ames Research Center[4]
Payload mass
30 kg[25]
Powered by
lithium–sulfur battery[11]
Significant event
rocket launch (1989), deployment (1989, 1995), atmospheric entry (1995), loss of signal (1995), destruction (1995)[16][17][18][19][20]
Space launch vehicle
Space Shuttle[8]
Start point
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B[21]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
October 18, 1989[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jupiter Orbiter Probe en Galileo Atmospheric Probe en Galileo Descent Module en Galileo Entry Probe en Galileo Jupiter Atmospheric Probe en Galileo Probe en JEP en JOP en Jupiter Atmospheric Probe en Jupiter Entry Probe ar مسبار غاليليو ko 갈릴레오 탐사정 vi Tàu thăm dò Galileo zh 伽利略探針
🔖 Identifiers · 8
COSPAR ID
1989-084E
Freebase ID
/m/0134wbnn
KBpedia ID
Galileo-Probe
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779607271
NAIF ID
-228
NSSDCA ID
1989-084E
SCN
43337
ScienceDirect topic ID
physics-and-astronomy/galileo-probe, earth-and-planetary-sciences/galileo-probe

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
space probe, reentry vehicle, former entity
Significant event 3
atmospheric entry, destruction, rocket launch
Belongs to 2
Galileo mission, Galileo
Cause of destruction 2
heat, pressure
Country of origin 1
United States
Developer 1
Hughes Aircraft Company
Funder 1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Located on astronomical body 1
Jupiter
Manufacturer 1
Hughes Aircraft Company
Operator 1
Ames Research Center
Part of 1
Galileo mission
Powered by 1
lithium–sulfur battery
Space launch vehicle 1
Space Shuttle
Start point 1
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
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Summary

Jupiter Atmospheric Probe is a space probe[1].

Related Entities

former entity Galileo reentry vehicle space probe Space Shuttle United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . jpl.nasa.gov. jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . flightglobal.com. flightglobal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . flightglobal.com. flightglobal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . history.nasa.gov. history.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . solarsystem.nasa.gov. solarsystem.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . history.nasa.gov. history.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov. spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov. spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . jpl.nasa.gov. jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . jpl.nasa.gov. jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . solarsystem.nasa.gov. solarsystem.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . jpl.nasa.gov. jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Huntster · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Significant event: deployment"
  2. 20w ago · Meno25 · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NAIF ID → -228
    Cause of destruction → heat, pressure
    Manufacturer → Hughes Aircraft Company
    Diameter → 127 centimetre
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Space launch vehicle: Space Shuttle"
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