The Cassini spacecraft will explore the planet Saturn and its rings and moons with an orbiter and atmospheric entry probe, both of which have a sophisticated set of science instruments. The spacecraft design is responsive to mission and science objectives, and is influenced by technical and programmatic constraints e.g., a cost cap, fixed schedule, space environment, and interfaces to other fixed systems like the launch vehicle and ground system. The spacecraft design must also consider the limited post-launch resources allocated to do the flight operations. This paper presents an overview of the spacecraft system design with emphasis given to the orbiter and only a high level summary of the probe.


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    Title :

    Cassini spacecraft design


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Cassini/Huygens: A Mission to the Saturnian Systems ; 1996 ; Denver,CO,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1996-10-07





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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