ESA Data Ontology: ESADO: Cassini-Huygens

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Cassini-Huygens

The Cassini spacecraft, including the Huygens Probe, was launched on 15 October 1997 using a Titan IV/B launch vehicle with Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) strap-ons and a Centaur upper stage. The spacecraft used a 6.7-year Venus-Venus-Earth-Jupiter Gravity Assist (VVEJGA) trajectory to Saturn, during which cruise observations were conducted to check out, calibrate, and maintain the instruments as well as to perform limited science. After Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) (1 July 2004), the Huygens Probe separated and, on the third encounter with Titan, entered the satellite's atmosphere to make in situ measurements during an approximately 150 minute descent (14 January 2005). The Orbiter continued a tour of the Saturn system until mid-2008 collecting data on the planet and its satellites, rings, and environment. The Cassini Orbiter (CO) was a three-axis stabilized spacecraft equipped with one high gain antenna (HGA) and two low gain antennas (LGAs), three Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) for power, main engines, attitude thrusters, and reaction wheels. It carried twelve orbiter instruments designed to carry out 27 diverse science investigations. The Huygens Probe (HP) was equipped with six instruments designed to study the atmosphere and surface of Titan. It entered the upper atmosphere protected by a heat shield, then deployed parachutes to descend slowly to the surface from an altitude of about 200 km. (en)

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