The Titan vehicle for the Cassini mission rolls out to Pad 40 at CCAS

[KSC-97PC-0870]

  • Photo Number: KSC-97PC-0870

  • Release Date: 30-May-1997

    • Description: A Titan IVB core vehicle and its twin Solid Rocket Motor Upgrades (SRMUs) depart from the Solid Rocket Motor Assembly and Readiness Facility (SMARF), Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), en route to Launch Complex 40. At the pad, the Centaur upper stage will be added and, eventually, the prime payload, the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini will explore the Saturnian system, including the planet's rings and moon, Titan. Launch of the Cassini mission to Saturn is scheduled for Oct. 6 from Pad 40, CCAS.

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