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Cassini

[Image of Cassini]

Launch Date:
October 15, 1997

Arrival:
2004

Target:
Saturn and Titan

Status:
Active

The Cassini Mission to Saturn is an international venture involving NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Italian Space Agency (ASI), and several separate European academic and industrial partners. The spacecraft carries 12 scientific sensors to support the planned investigations of the Saturn system. Launched in October 1997, the spacecraft requires seven years to travel to Saturn. It has flown past Venus, Earth, and Jupiter in gravity-assist swingbys to boost its speed, and arrived at Saturn in 2004. Cassini orbiter carries the Huygens probe, which will be released from the orbiter to land on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Web Pages with Information about Cassini

Astrogeology Research Program

What's USGS Astro doing for the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan? Learn about our involvement in planning the mission and what we'll be doing in the months ahead as Cassini visits Saturn and its moons, and the Huygens Probe heads for the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan
Io's Aurorae: Images and observations about Cassini images of Io's visible aurorae during an eclipse
Saturn Satellites Image Maps: Voyager Global Image Maps used for Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Images from various Solar System exploration programs

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