Cassini-Huygens mission’s quick facts
Cassini Orbiter:
- Dimensions: 6.7 meters (22 feet) high; 4 meters (13.1 feet) wide
- Weight: 5,712 kilograms (12,593 pounds) with fuel, Huygens probe, adapter, etc; 2,125 kilograms (4,685 pounds) unfueled orbiter alone
- Orbiter science instruments: composite infrared spectrometer, imaging system, ultraviolet imaging spectrograph, visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, imaging radar, radio science, plasma spectrometer, cosmic dust analyzer, ion and neutral mass spectrometer, magnetometer, magnetospheric imaging instrument, radio and plasma wave science
- Power: 885 watts (633 watts at end of mission) from radioisotope thermoelectric generators
Huygens Probe:
- Dimensions: 2.7 meters (8.9 feet) in diameter
- Weight: 320 kilograms (705 pounds)
- Probe science instruments: aerosol collector pyrolyser, descent imager and spectral radiometer, Doppler wind experiment, gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer, atmospheric structure instrument, surface science package
