ABSTRACT

The Cassini/Huygens mission is a planetary mission designed to explorein detail the Saturnian system. The mission is a joint undertaking between theUnited States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and theEUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA). It was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral,Florida, on 15 October 1997 (figure 1) for a 7 yr interplanetary journey