Cassini mission

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkb:ASI
gptkbp:cost ~$3.26 billion
gptkbp:duration 19 years, 11 months
gptkbp:endDate 2017-09-15
gptkbp:event intentional deorbit into Saturn
gptkbp:flyby gptkb:Enceladus
gptkb:Titan
other Saturnian moons
gptkbp:goal study Saturn and its system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cassini mission
gptkbp:HuygensLandingSite gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:imagesReturned hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Dual_Technique_Magnetometer_(MAG)
gptkb:Magnetometer_(MAG)
gptkb:Composite_Infrared_Spectrometer_(CIRS)
gptkb:Cosmic_Dust_Analyzer_(CDA)
gptkb:Imaging_Science_Subsystem_(ISS)
gptkb:Ion_and_Neutral_Mass_Spectrometer_(INMS)
gptkb:Plasma_Spectrometer_(CAPS)
gptkb:Radio_Science_Subsystem_(RSS)
gptkb:Radio_and_Plasma_Wave_Science_(RPWS)
gptkb:Ultraviolet_Imaging_Spectrograph_(UVIS)
gptkb:Visible_and_Infrared_Mapping_Spectrometer_(VIMS)
Radar
gptkbp:landingDate 2005-01-14
gptkbp:launchDate 1997-10-15
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_40
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Titan_IVB/Centaur
gptkbp:legacy transformed understanding of Saturn system
gptkbp:mass 320 kg (Huygens probe)
5,712 kg (Cassini orbiter)
gptkbp:missionType planetary exploration
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Christiaan_Huygens
gptkb:Giovanni_Cassini
gptkbp:notableFinds detailed images of Saturn's rings
water-ice plumes on Enceladus
liquid hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Cassini–Huygens_mission
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkb:ASI
gptkbp:orbitalInsertionDate 2004-07-01
gptkbp:powerSource gptkb:Radioisotope_Thermoelectric_Generators_(RTGs)
gptkbp:publishedIn thousands of scientific papers
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Huygens_probe
gptkb:Cassini_orbiter
gptkbp:status mission complete
gptkbp:target gptkb:Saturn
Saturn's moons
gptkbp:website https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Steve_Squyres
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5