KSC-97PC-1016 - Cassini's upper equipment module is prepared for mating to the propulsion module in the PHSF

Cassini's upper equipment module is prepared for mating to the propulsion module in the PHSF

Photo Number: KSC-97PC-1016

Release Date: 02-Jul-1997

Description: Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lower the upper equipment module over a propellant tank in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC in July prior to installation on the Cassini orbiter. A four-year, close-up study of the Saturnian system, the Cassini mission is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station in October 1997. The propellant tank will assist with guidance of the orbiter and power during the spacecraft's voyage and in-orbit periods. It will take seven years for the spacecraft to reach Saturn. Scientific instruments carried aboard the spacecraft will study Saturn's atmosphere, magnetic field, rings, and several moons. JPL is managing the Cassini project for NASA.

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