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Cassini MIMI Investigation at Fundamental Technologies

 

 Historical MIMI Memos and Notes

 

Telemetry Modes and Allocations

 

(S. Jaskulek, MIMI team meeting, October 1994)

 

MIMI Packet/Mini-Packet Type Input

 

The science packet types that are defined for the MIMI instrument are:

 

MIMI Science Packet Types

 

Packet Type ID Packet Description Packet Size
01001 INCA neutral PHA events 8000
01010 INCA ion PHA events 8000
01011 INCA neutral "23 minute" image 8000
01100 INCA neutral "6 minute" image 8000
01101 INCA neutral "1 minute" image + INCA singles rates 8000
01111 INCA ion "1 minute" image + INCA singles rates 8000
10001 CHEMS matrix rates + CHEMS singles rates 8000
10010 CHEMS PHA events 8000
11001 LEMMS matrix rates + CHEMS singles rates 8000
11010 LEMMS PHA events 8000
00100 MRO data 8000

 

The housekeeping packet types that are defined for the MIMI instrument are:

 

MIMI Housekeeping Packet Types

 

Packet Type ID Packet Description Packet Size
00001 Standard housekeeping packet 1536
00010 SAF housekeeping packet 1536

 

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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane

QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: The Cassini spacecraft was manufactured by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Huygens Probe was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.

Mission Duration: The Cassini-Huygens mission launched on October 15 1997, and ended on September 15 2017.

Destination: Cassini's destination was Saturn and its moons. The destination of the Huygens Probe's was Saturn's moon Titan.

Orbit: Cassini orbited Saturn for 13 years before diving between its rings and colliding with the planet on September 15th, 2017.