Classification:
Orbiter spacecraft.Mission:
Explore Saturnian system.Features:
Cassini is scheduled for launch aboard a Titan IV with a Centaur upper stage in 1997. It will encounter Venus, Earth and Jupiter for gravity assists, and will reach Saturn in 2004. It will spend four years conducting a detailed examination of Saturn's atmosphere, rings, and magnetosphere, and close-up studies of its satellites. It will radar map portions of Titan's surface. Cassini will also carry the Huygens probe which will be deployed into the atmosphere of Titan.Stabilization: Three-axis stabilized via reaction wheels and thrusters.
See also the Cassini Mission Home Page.
