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- Cassini Raw Images - NASA Solar System Exploration
This gallery contains the full record of the Cassini spacecraft’s raw images taken from Feb 20, 2004 to Cassini’s end of mission on Sept 15, 2017 The archive will remain available to all as a historical record
- Cassini Raw Images - NASA Solar System Exploration
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- Cassini: End of Mission - NASA Solar System Exploration
Cassini’s finale plunge is a fitting and truly spectacular end for one of the most scientifically rich voyages yet undertaken in our solar system This end was planned for Cassini in 2010, at the beginning of its second ex-tended mission phase, known as the Solstice Mission
- Cassini Orbiter - NASA Solar System Exploration
The radio and plasma science instrument was included on the Cassini mission to provide an up-close look at Saturn’s invisible environment that is impossible to see from Earth
- Saturn Surprises As Cassini Continues its Grand Finale
Cassini is now in the 15th of 22 weekly orbits that pass through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings The spacecraft began its finale on April 26 and will continue its dives until Sept 15, when it will make a mission-ending plunge into Saturn's atmosphere
- Spacecraft Power for Cassini - NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA found that even with solar arrays containing the latest high-efficiency solar cells developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) it would not have been possible to conduct the Cassini mission using solar power
- Cassini–Huygens Spacecraft - NASA Solar System Exploration
The Cassini orbiter will orbit Saturn for 4 years The spacecraft’s 12 onboard instruments will collect data about Saturn, the rings, the magnetosphere, Titan, and Saturn’s smaller moons
- Presentation - NASA Solar System Exploration
Cassini Huygens Spacecraft Overview Largest outer planetary spacecraft ever built Weighed 5574 kg at Launch (3132 kg Propellant) Today’s weight is around 2710 kg with 422 kg Propellant left 3 maneuvers (Deep Space Maneuver, Saturn Orbit Insertion, Periapsis Raise Maneuver) used 2083 kg of propellant 58 microprocessors
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