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NASA's Galileo spacecraft was designed to study the large, gaseous planet Jupiter, its moons and its surrounding magnetosphere, which is a magnetic bubble surrounding the planet. The craft was named for the Italian Renaissance scientist who discovered Jupiter's major moons in 1610. [source - nasa (link)].
The Galilean moons (or Galilean satellites, are the four largest moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are the most readily visible Solar System objects after Saturn. [wiki galilean moon - link].
Galileo, the European satellite navigation system, is named after the famous Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), paying tribute to his achievements not only in the field of astronomy but also navigation.
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Galileo is Europe's own global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. Currently providing Initial Services, Galileo is interoperable with GPS and Glonass, the US and Russian global satellite navigation systems.
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