AN OVERVIEW OF THE CASSINI MISSION

Citation
Jp. Lebreton et Dl. Matson, AN OVERVIEW OF THE CASSINI MISSION, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 15(6), 1992, pp. 1137-1147
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN journal
11241896
Volume
15
Issue
6
Year of publication
1992
Pages
1137 - 1147
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1896(1992)15:6<1137:AOOTCM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Cassini is a planetary mission designed to carry out a detailed explor ation of the Saturnian system. The Cassini spacecraft is composed of a NASA-provided Saturn Orbiter and an ESA-supplied Titan atmospheric pr obe. Scheduled for launch in October 1997, Cassini will take about 7 y ears to reach Saturn after a journey which includes gravity assists fr om Venus, Earth and Jupiter. In late 2004, a few weeks after the inser tion of the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn, the Huygens pro be will be dropped into the atmosphere of Titan. Following the probe m ission, the Saturn Orbiter will carry out a 4 year tour within the Sat urn system for detailed observations of the Planet Saturn, Titan, many of the icy satellites, the rings and the magnetosphere.