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Forum:	Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic:	Cassini-Huygens at Saturn: Questions, comments

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by spaceuk: [B]This is the current timeline for descent: <BLOCKQUOTE>[b]Huygens Descent and Landing[/b] 14th Jan 2005 0907 GMT - Arrival of Huygens probe at entry interface at an altitude 1270 km. Data acquisition starts. 1130 GMT - Huygens probe reaches Titans surface. Data acquisition continues. Huygens data transmitted to Cassini orbiter. Once all the Huygens probe data has been recorded on the orbiter it is transmitted to Earth. 1344 GMT - The orbiter will stop collecting probe data and point back to Earth. Complete data sets transmitted to JPL (via NASA Deep Space Network (Madrid and Canberra ground stations) repeated several times - and forwarded to ESOC. It takes approx. 66 minutes for the radio signal to reach Earth. 1514 GMT First telemetry received at JPL 1521 GMT First data received at ESOC from JPL. 1500 GMT PPARC Media briefing opens Reprise ESA TV transmissions, direct links to UK scientists at ESOC, live relay of ESA/ESOC Media briefing 1600/1700 GMT ESA/ESOC Media briefing: first data information 1900 GMT - PPARC Media briefing closes 2200 GMT, the first image possibility, subject to full data receipt and processing. If available then ESA press release and posted to ESA website. 15th January 1000 GMT ESA/ESOC Press briefing: comprehensive first results and images. NB: All ESA press briefings will be available on ESA TV and are subject to confirmation on ESA TV web pages.</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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