Cassini-Huygens departed
Earth on October 15th 1997, arriving at
Saturn on July 1st, 2004.
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| Cassini-Huygens |
Cassini is the orbiter component of the mission which has been studying the planet, its rings and many of it moons since its arrival.
Cassini is powered by the heat generated from the
Radioactive Decay of "
34kg/70lbs" of plutonium stored in three generators arranged around its base.
Due to spacecraft's ongoing success, Cassini mission has repeatedly been extended. It is now expected to continue gathering data until 2017 at which time it will be ordered to crash into
Saturn.
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| Journey of Cassini |
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| Structure of Cassini |
Huygens is the lander portion of the mission, which was successfully completed on January 14th 2005, when it touched down on Titan(Moon of
Saturn), becoming the first vehicle to successfully land on a body in the outer
Solar System.
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| Huygens probe descent sequence |
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