Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:43:00
Wednesday October 15, 1997
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The Cassini–Huygens space-research mission, commonly called Cassini, involved a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini probe and ESA's Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
Heliocentric Orbit
5,712 kilograms
Agency
LockheedRocket
Height: 62m
Liftoff Thrust
15,000 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.1m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
21st
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1997
63rd
Orbital launch attempt