The Cassini Satellite

The Cassini-Huygens mission (ESA/NASA) served in first instance to explore the rings of Saturn and than to land on Saturns biggest moon Titan.

The picture exhibits the satellite when it was prepared for a test at Kennedy Space Center 1997. The main high gain antenna dish is four metres in diameter.

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