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Cassini MIMI Investigation at Fundamental Technologies

 

 Historical MIMI Memos and Notes

 

INCA GSFC Calibrations 


Ed Keath and Don Mitchell, Sept. 1997

 

April 20-25, 1995 -- INCA Collimator only (SSD)

 

  • Protons - 350 keV, 500 keV
  • Electrons - 350 keV

 

Nov. 9-11, 1995 -- INCA Head (no collimator)

 

  • Protons - 200 keV
  • Helium - 80 keV, 500 keV
  • Carbon - 80 keV, 250 keV, 500 keV, 1.0 MeV
  • Argon - 500 keV

 

Jan. 14 - Feb. 11, 1997 -- INCA Head (no collimator)

 

  • UV - 147 nm
  • Protons - 50 keV, 100 keV, 200 keV, 300 keV, 1.0 MeV
  • Nitrogen - 150 keV, 250 keV, 400 keV, 750 keV, 1.0 MeV, 1.4 MeV

 

April 28-30, 1997 - INCA System (no collimator)

 

  • Protons - 5 keV, 20 keV, 90 keV


 

R.E. Thompson, SRI-97-028



 

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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.