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Cassini MIMI Investigation at Fundamental Technologies

 

 Historical MIMI Memos and Notes

 

LEMMS Turntable Design Status

 

Presentation by H. Huomo at MIMI team meeting, October 1994

 

TT/LEMMS Design Status

 

  • Structure design for EM completed
  • Motor SS parts 2 life test jig in manufacture
  • Launch latch concept changed after CAPS tests, now OK
  • Some engineering needed for stepper PWM

 

Areas of Concern

 

  • mass CBE: 3450 g vs. 2367 g IFD
  • life test schedule and duration
    • bearings are late
    • proposed 10 rpm max speed of stepping is only 14.4 krev/day

 

Life and Other Test Issues

 

  • Stepping anomaly during random vib. It will not operate during vib.
  • Proposed APL test philosophy okay, TT/LEMMS EM will be tested Q/Q as planned.
  • Magnetics: DC okay, AC TBC

 

Results of electrical interface tests: separate sheet, K. Ahola

 

IFD and Contract

 

  • Open TBDs flagged, to be closed during this meeting
  • Contract to be signed Oct. 94, minor open issues



 

 

Next: Interface tests, 17-19 October, 1994

 

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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.