TITAN 4B CENTAUR R/B
Launched | 14 October 1997 |
Flight ended | – |
Status | Unknown |
Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
Owner | United States |
NORAD ID | 25009 |
COSPAR ID | 1997-061B |
Observing |
Timeline
1997 Oct 15 | – | Launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
1998 Apr 26 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Venus |
1999 Jun 24 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Venus |
1999 Aug 18 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Earth |
2000 Jan 23 | – | Flyby of 2685 Masursky |
2000 Dec 30 | – | Gravity assist flyby of Jupiter |
2004 Jun 11 | – | Flyby of Saturn's moon Phoebe |
2004 Jul 1 | – | Insertion into orbit around Saturn |
2004 Jul 2 | – | Flyby of Saturn's moon Titan |
2004 Oct 24 | – | First of 45 close flybys of Saturn's moon Titan |
2004 Dec 25 | – | Huygens probe released by Cassini |
2005 Jan 14 | – | Landing of Huygens on the surface of Titan |
2005 May 1 | – | Discovery of Saturn's moon Daphnis |
2009 Feb 3 | – | Discovery of Saturn's moon Aegaeon |
2012 Dec 21 | – | Cassini observed a transit of Venus |
2017 Sep 15 | – | Spacecraft decommissioned by entry into Saturn's atmosphere |
Launched alongside
CASSINI