From 1997 to 2017 - an intriguingly complex mission comes to an end

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From 1997 to 2017 - an intriguingly complex mission comes to an end


On 15 October 1997 the Cassini spacecraft took off from Cape Canaveral and embarked on an almost seven-year journey to the Saturn System, atop a Titan 4B rocket. It circled the planet and its numerous glacial moons for almost 13 years, from 2004 to 2017. When it was first launched, however, the spacecraft headed in the other direction, towards Venus, to gather travelling speed during two flyby manoeuvres. The final Earth flyby in August 1999 propelled Cassini towards the outer Solar System, initially in the direction of Jupiter.



Full article with images and video: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-23929/year-all/#/gallery/28092


DLR Cassini-Huygens special: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10398/


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