Stig Östlund

tisdag, mars 31, 2015

Cassini Images Hall of Fame





Artist concept for the Cassini Hall of Fame gallery images Both timely and timeless, the images returned from the Cassini spacecraft often allow us to pause and to wonder. Scientists picked these standout views to be the first enshrined in the Cassini Images Hall of Fame.
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Cassini–Huygens

Mission type Cassini: Saturn orbiter
Huygens: Titan lander
Operator NASA / ESA / ASI
COSPAR ID 1997-061A
SATCAT № 25008
Website
ASI
ESA
NASA
Mission duration Elapsed:
17 years, 8 months and 29 days from launch
10 years, 8 months and 29 days at Saturn
En route: 7 years
Primary mission: 4 years
Extended missions:
Equinox: 2 years
Solstice: 3 years elapsed
Expected end of life: 2017
Spacecraft properties
Dry mass 2,523 kilograms (5,562 lb)[1]
Power ~880 watts (BOL)[2]
~670 watts (2010)[2]
Start of mission
Launch date October 15, 1997, 08:43:00 UTC
Rocket Titan IV(401)B
Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Orbital parameters
Reference system Kronocentric
Flyby of Venus (Gravity assist)
Closest approach April 26, 1998
Flyby of Venus (Gravity assist)
Closest approach June 24, 1999
Flyby of Earth-Moon system (Gravity assist)
Closest approach August 18, 1999, 03:28 UTC
Flyby of 2685 Masursky (Incidental)
Closest approach January 23, 2000
Flyby of Jupiter (Gravity assist)
Closest approach December 30, 2000
Saturn orbiter
Orbital insertion July 1, 2004, 02:48:00 UTC
Titan lander
Spacecraft component Huygens
Landing date January 14, 2005/Wikipedia

(Ombord Cassini finns en liten cd med hundratusentals namn" inskripterade", bland andra "Stig Oestlund". Jag riktigt känner mig som en stolt  NASA-medarbetare för att inte tala om känslan att riktigt känna  draget av Titans täta atmosfär;)

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