Cassini Huygens a Saturn success story

Date: Tue, Sep 05, 2017 | 06:30 - 06:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CEST

Replay: Tue, Sep 05, 2017 | 15:30 - 15:45 GMT | 17:30 - 17:45 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Cassini-Huygens was launched on 15 October 1997 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

After nearly 13 years in orbit around Saturn, the international Cassini–Huygens mission is going through its final chapter: NASA's Cassini spacecraft is performing a series of daring dives between the planet and its rings, leading to a dramatic final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September. 

On 14 January 2005 ESA's Huygens probe, which hitched a ride to the Saturn system during the seven-year voyage attached to Cassini, entered the history books by descending to the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This was humanity's first successful attempt to land a probe on another world in the outer Solar System.

Huygens made a 21-day solo cruise toward the haze-shrouded moon. Plunging into Titan's atmosphere, the probe touched down safely on Titan's frozen surface. 

Huygens provided a stream of data representing a unique treasure trove of in situ measurements from the planet-sized satellite which scientists are still mining today. 

This video recalls Huygens "one of a kind" journey.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2017/09/Cassini-Huygens_a_Saturn_success_story

Script:
Cassini Huygens A and B roll FINAL-tc.docx

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.