CASSINI In Space

 

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Cassini MIMI Investigation at Fundamental Technologies

 

 Historical MIMI Memos and Notes

 

Presentation by K. Heerlein at MIMI team meeting, October 1994

 

(K. Heerlein, Max-Planck-Institut Lindau)

 

Equipment for Testing LEMMS

 

For testing the LEMMS system, there have to be provided:

 

  1. Control by Serial Communication
  2. Input Pulses for the 9 Energy Channels
  3. Motor Control
  4. Data Acquisition of Housekeeping Data

 

 

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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.