Saturn
Cassini
Saturn probe.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Saturn probe. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1997-061; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 October 1997, 08:43:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Titan 401B/Centaur
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Lockheed Martin Titan IV rocket launched the Cassini mission on Wednesday, October 15, 1997 at 8:43 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Vehicle
- Titan IV
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1997-061
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 15, 1997, 08:43 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 15 1997
- Pad and location
- SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 15 September 2017
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cassini
Saturn probe.
- GCAT ID
- S25008
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 5,254 kg
- Propulsion
- R-4D-12 x2
- Dimensions
- 6.7 m long · 4 m diameter · 15 m span
Huygens
Titan probe.
- GCAT ID
- A06904
- Manufacturer
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Launch mass
- 211 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 1.1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
12 gallery items from Cassini.
Verification
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