Wednesday, April 26, 2017

12 Instruments Used in Cassini-Huygens



  • Optical Remote Sensing ("Located on the remote sensing pallet"]
    • Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS)
    • Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
    • Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS)
    • Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS)
  • Fields, Particles and Waves
    • Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS)
    • Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA)
    • Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS)
    • Magnetometer (MAG)
    • Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI)
    • Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS)
  • Microwave Remote Sensing
    • Radar
    • Radio Science (RSS)
References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens
https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/cassini-orbiter/
https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturn-tour/where-is-cassini-now/
http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/26/15420666/cassini-spacecraft-dives-saturn-rings-google-doodle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/cassini-spacecraft-need-know-bold-nasa-mission-inside-saturns/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/cassini-captures-stunning-earth-picture-10292068
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cassini-spacecraft-nasa-saturn-rings-orbit-google-doodle-what-means-dive-a7702691.html
https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/grand-finale/milestones/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/26/watch-nasas-cassini-spacecraft-poised-bold-mission-dive-saturns/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WrcsFUbnxA

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