The Huygens mission to Titan: overview and status

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Feb 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004esasp.544...21l&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the International Workshop Planetary Probe Atmospheric Entry and Descent Trajectory Analysis and Science, 6-9

Physics

Space Missions, Titan, Huygens Probe

Scientific paper

The Huygens Probe is part of the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. The spacecraft was launched on 15 October 1997 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. It will reach its target, Saturn, and will go into orbit around it, on 1 July 2004. Huygens will be released from the Saturn Orbiter on 25 December 2004 and will plunge in Titan's atmosphere 3 weeks later, on 14 January 2005. It will descend by parachute to the surface in about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. During the whole descent, it will transmit data to the over-flying Orbiter. If it survives the landing, it will continue transmitting until it freezes. The Orbiter will fly over the Probe's horizon 4 1/2 hours after the start of the descent. In this paper we give a brief overview of the probe mission. Aspects related to the reconstruction of the trajectory of the probe are emphasized. The status of the mission is briefly discussed.

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