2000 in Spaceflight - Deep Space Rendezvous

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
3 January Galileo 12th flyby of Europa
23 January Cassini Flyby of 2685 Masursky
14 February NEAR Entered orbit of 433 Eros
22 February Galileo 3rd flyby of Io
20 May Galileo 5th flyby of Ganymede
28 December Galileo 6th flyby of Ganymede
30 December Cassini Flyby of Jupiter Gravity assist

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