KSC-97PC-1302 - Cassini is moved to Pad 40, CCAS, and placed atop its Titan IV launcher

Cassini is moved to Pad 40, CCAS, and placed atop its Titan IV launcher

Photo Number: KSC-97PC-1302

Release Date: 28-Aug-1997

Description: Technicians at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) begin to remove the transportation cover from the Cassini spacecraft after it was lifted to the top of the Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle at Complex 40. Cassini is an international mission conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The two-story-tall spacecraft, scheduled for launch on Oct. 6, is destined to arrive at Saturn in July 2004, where it will orbit and study Saturn, its rings, moons and magnetic environment in detail over a four-year period. The Cassini mission is managed for NASA's Office of Space Science by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology.

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