Cassini–Huygens

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Cassini–Huygens was a joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission consisting of an orbiter and a lander that studied Saturn and its moons in unprecedented detail, including landing on Titan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Saturn orbiter and lander mission
interplanetary space mission
conductedFlybyOf Jupiter
Venus
destinationOrbitInsertionDate 2004-07-01
discovered geysers on Enceladus
global subsurface ocean on Enceladus (evidence)
hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
endOfMissionDate 2017-09-15
endOfMissionEvent destructive atmospheric entry into Saturn
enteredOrbitAround Saturn
finalMissionPhase Grand Finale orbits through Saturn ring plane
hasPart Cassini orbiter
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Huygens probe
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HuygensLandedOn Titan
HuygensLandingDate 2005-01-14
launchDate 1997-10-15
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
launchVehicle Titan IVB/Centaur
missionDurationFromLaunchToEnd approximately 19 years 11 months
missionDurationInSaturnSystem approximately 13 years
missionType lander
orbiter
planetary science
namedAfter Christiaan Huygens
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
operator European Space Agency
Italian Space Agency
NASA
powerSource radioisotope thermoelectric generators
primaryBodyStudied Saturn
program NASA Flagship Program
spacecraftManufacturer Alenia Spazio
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lockheed Martin
studiedFeature Saturn magnetosphere
linked to: Saturn

Saturn rings
linked to: Saturn

Titan atmosphere
studiedMoon Dione
Enceladus
Hyperion
Iapetus
Mimas
Rhea
Tethys
Titan
target Enceladus
Saturn
Titan
usedGravityAssistFrom Earth
Jupiter
Venus

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Titan exploredBy Cassini–Huygens
Titan landedOnBy Huygens probe
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory notableProject Cassini–Huygens mission
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Saturn wasOrbitedBy Cassini–Huygens
Deep Space Network notableMissionSupported Cassini–Huygens
Hyperion visitedBy Cassini–Huygens
Tethys observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Kraken Mare discoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission
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Kraken Mare observedBy Cassini orbiter
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Kraken Mare mappedBy Cassini RADAR instrument
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Punga Mare discoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission
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Punga Mare observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Punga Mare observedUsing Cassini RADAR instrument
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Punga Mare observedUsing Cassini VIMS instrument
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Cassini–Huygens hasPart Cassini orbiter
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Cassini–Huygens hasPart Huygens probe
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RTG usedOn Cassini spacecraft
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Ligeia Mare discoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission
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Ligeia Mare observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Ligeia Mare observedUsing Cassini radar instrument
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Ligeia Mare mappedBy Cassini radar altimetry
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Phoebe visitedBy Cassini–Huygens spacecraft
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Phoebe imagedBy Cassini imaging system
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Centaur usedForMission Cassini–Huygens mission
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NASA spacecraft includes Cassini–Huygens (NASA contribution)
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Great Red Spot observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Dione visitedBy Cassini–Huygens
Dione imagedInDetailBy Cassini orbiter
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D ring observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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F ring studiedBy Cassini–Huygens mission
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F ring imagedBy Cassini spacecraft
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G ring observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Cassini Division observedBy Cassini–Huygens spacecraft
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Deep Space Network notableMissionSupported Cassini–Huygens
subject linked to: DSN
Iapetus observedByMission Cassini–Huygens
Rhea hasBeenVisitedBy Cassini–Huygens
Enceladus exploredBy Cassini–Huygens
Mimas exploredBy Cassini–Huygens
Saturn VII hasExplorationMission Cassini–Huygens
Saturn VII imagedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini eponymOf Cassini spacecraft
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Odysseus impact basin imagedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Ithaca Chasma imagedInDetailBy Cassini–Huygens
Telesto exploredBy Cassini–Huygens
Telesto flybyBy Cassini spacecraft
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Calypso imagedBy Cassini–Huygens
Titan’s north polar seas discoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission
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Titan’s north polar seas observedBy Cassini spacecraft
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Shangri-La dune fields on Titan discoveredBy Cassini–Huygens mission
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