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What was average speed of Cassini spacecraft from launch to Saturn orbit?
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How did the rocket Saturn v design suit its purpose?
Its purpose was to launch spacecraft. It was designed to launch spacecraft. There the design suited the purpose. (as an aside, it actually did lauch spacecraft :)).
What was the spacecraft used in Apollo 1?
The launch vehicle was a Saturn 1B rocket.
What will explore Saturn's largest moon?
The space probe Cassini is exploring Saturn's moons. It will launch a smaller space probe Huygens to explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
What kind of path did the cassini spacecraft take to Saturn?
A rather exciting one, by all accounts! Cassini hurtled round venus twice at various distances to take on speed, used the Earth's gravitational field as a further 'springboard' and finally zipped off past Jupiter. It attained the speed necessary to reach Saturn using the 'slingshot' effect.
Who was the 3rd nation to launch spacecraft?
Canada was the third nation to launch spacecraft, in the form of a satellite.
How did the Apollo 11 spacecraft for the launch?
The capsule and lunar module were put on top of a Saturn 5 rocket and then lifted using the exhaust gasses.
What is a launch of a spacecraft?
The process by which a spacecraft is propelled into space.
Where did nasa send the space probe cassini?
Liftoff! On Wednesday, October 15, 1997, at 4:43 a.m. EDT, a Titan IV­B launch vehicle with a Centaur high-energy upper stage lifted the Cassini spacecraft into Earth orbit and then sent it on the first leg of its 7-year journey to Saturn. Repeating the picture-perfect performance of so many other Centaur missions, the Titan IV­B inserted Cassini onto its trans-Venus trajectory with the expected high precision generally associated with America's most powerful upper stage. The NASA Glenn Research Center was responsible for providing this launch service in close cooperation with the U.S. Air Force (USAF), which manages the Titan IV­B program, and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the spacecraft and the overall Cassini mission. Unlike the almost routine launches of communications satellites and the shuttles, this launch was complicated by (1) the great distance that Cassini will travel to reach Saturn (3.2 billion kilometers, or 2 billion miles), (2) the spacecraft's great complexity and size (as tall as a two-story building and heavier than a large African elephant), and (3) the special measures that were necessary to safeguard its interplanetary power source. To lift this heavy payload, the launch team used the Titan IV­B, the Nation's largest, most powerful, and newest heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle. This mammoth rocket is as tall as a 20-story building and, with the solid rocket boosters and fuel, weighs about 940,000 kilograms (2 million pounds). This complex mission was taken on by a talented team of scientists, engineers, technicians, and other personnel from Cassini's government, international, and industry partners. NASA is ultimately responsible for Cassini's success, including the launch service. NASA Glenn was responsible for integrating the spacecraft with the launch vehicle and designing the mission-unique hardware and software modifications necessary for that integration. To support these tasks, Glenn contracted with the Lockheed Martin Corporation. Under a memorandum of agreement with NASA, the USAF procured the basic launch vehicle and launch operations. They selected Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor for the Titan IV­B program and its Centaur upper stage.
Did you send any space missions to Eris?
We should send space probe just like New Horizons Spacecraft to Eris. So we can launch this spacecraft in 2015 to make Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune flybys then to Eris.
Did any spacecraft visit Saturn?
In 1997 the Cassini mission was launched . This spacecraft was put in orbit around Saturn in 2004. The two Voyager spacecraft flew past Saturn in 1980 and 1981. The first mission was Pioneer 11, which flew by Saturn in 1979.
What type of rocket launched the Apollo spacecraft?
The mammoth Saturn V 3-stage liquid fueled Lunar Launch Vehicle was responsible for the successful launch of all of the Apollo spacecraft (except of course Apollo 1, destroyed by fire on the launch pad during testing). The Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was specifically designed and built to assemble and service the Saturn V. When being rolled out on the crawler to the launch pad, the tip of the nose cone cleared the top of the doorway by only 6'. With the Apollo spacecraft aboard, the Saturn V was 363' tall and 33' wide, and weighed 6,699,000 lbs. It was just 1 foot shorter than St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
What is the spacecraft used in Apollo 15?
The launch vehicle used on all the Apollo moon landing missions was the Saturn V
