Cassini–Huygens

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Saturn orbiter and lander mission interplanetary space mission

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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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cassini–Huygens mission	5
Cassini spacecraft	4
Cassini RADAR instrument	2
Cassini orbiter	2
Huygens probe	2
Cassini VIMS instrument	1
Cassini imaging system	1
Cassini radar altimetry	1
Cassini radar instrument	1
Cassini–Huygens (NASA contribution)	1
Cassini–Huygens spacecraft	1

Statements (52)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kraken Mare → discoveredBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission

Ligeia Mare → discoveredBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission

Punga Mare → discoveredBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission

Titan → exploredBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

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

Phoebe → imagedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini imaging system

NASA spacecraft → includes → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens (NASA contribution)

Titan → landedOnBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huygens probe

Kraken Mare → mappedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini RADAR instrument

Ligeia Mare → mappedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini radar altimetry

Deep Space Network → notableMissionSupported → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

Jet Propulsion Laboratory → notableProject → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission

Kraken Mare → observedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini orbiter

Ligeia Mare → observedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft

Punga Mare → observedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft

Tethys → observedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft

Ligeia Mare → observedUsing → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini radar instrument

Punga Mare → observedUsing → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini RADAR instrument

Punga Mare → observedUsing → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini VIMS instrument

Centaur → usedForMission → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission

RTG → usedOn → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft

Hyperion → visitedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

Phoebe → visitedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens spacecraft

Saturn → wasOrbitedBy → Cassini–Huygens ⓘ