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–Huygens self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cassini orbiter

Cassini–Huygens self-linksurface differs
surface form: Huygens probe
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 Thales Alenia Space Italia
surface form: Alenia Spazio

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lockheed Martin
studiedFeature Saturn
surface form: Saturn magnetosphere

Saturn
surface form: Saturn rings

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