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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Shangri-La dune fields on Titan observedBy Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft
Shangri-La dune fields on Titan observedUsing Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini RADAR instrument
Shangri-La dune fields on Titan observedUsing Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini imaging science subsystem
Titan IVB/Centaur notablePayload Cassini–Huygens
NASA Flagship Program exampleMission Cassini–Huygens
Grand Finale orbits through Saturn ring plane partOf Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission
Grand Finale orbits through Saturn ring plane partOf Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini mission
Grand Finale orbits through Saturn ring plane spacecraft Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini
Grand Finale orbits through Saturn ring plane alsoKnownAs Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini Grand Finale
Grand Finale orbits through Saturn ring plane designedBy Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini project team
Keeler Gap wasImagedBy Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft
Keeler Gap wasStudiedBy Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini mission
Saturn IX hasSpacecraftFlyby Cassini–Huygens
Saturn IX firstCloseImagingBy Cassini–Huygens
Phoebe ring of Saturn observedBy Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini spacecraft
S/1899 S 1 hasSpacecraftFlyby Cassini–Huygens
Centaur upper stage notableMission Cassini–Huygens
this entity surface form: Cassini–Huygens mission
Titan rocket family notableMission Cassini–Huygens