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Mission type | Cassini: Saturn orbiter Huygens: Titan lander |
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Operator | Cassini: NASA / JPL Huygens: ESA / ASI |
COSPAR ID | 1997-061A |
SATCAT no. | 25008 |
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Mission duration |
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Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Cassini: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Huygens: Thales Alenia Space |
Launch mass | 5,712 kg (12,593 lb) |
Dry mass | 2,523 kg (5,562 lb) |
Power | ~885 watts (BOL) ~670 watts (2010) ~663 watts (EOM/2017) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 15, 1997, 08:43:00 (1997-10-15UTC08:43) UTC |
Rocket | Titan IV(401)B B-33 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Controlled entry into Saturn |
Last contact | September 15, 2017 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Kronocentric |
Flyby of Venus (Gravity assist) | |
Closest approach | April 26, 1998 |
Distance | 283 km (176 mi) |
Flyby of Venus (Gravity assist) | |
Closest approach | June 24, 1999 |
Distance | 623 km (387 mi) |
Flyby of Earth-Moon system (Gravity assist) | |
Closest approach | August 18, 1999, 03:28 UTC |
Distance | 1,171 km (728 mi) |
Flyby of 2685 Masursky (Incidental) | |
Closest approach | January 23, 2000 |
Distance | 1,600,000 km (990,000 mi) |
Flyby of Jupiter (Gravity assist) | |
Closest approach | December 30, 2000 |
Distance | 9,852,924 km (6,122,323 mi) |
Saturn orbiter | |
Orbital insertion | July 1, 2004, 02:48 UTC |
Titan lander | |
Spacecraft component | Huygens |
Landing date | January 14, 2005 |
Cassini–Huygens was a space mission, sent to Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun to study its rings, and its moons.
The mission was made by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Italian Space Agency (ASI). The spacecraft had two main parts: the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe. It was launched on October 15, 1997 and entered into orbit around Saturn on July 1, 2004. It was the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn and the fourth to visit Saturn (the others were flybys and did not enter orbit). The mission ended September 2017.
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