Also called:
Voyager Jupiter-Saturn
Date of launch (location):
Sept. 5, 1977 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Titan-Centaur
Weight (kg):
822, mission module
1211, propulsion module
47, spacecraft adapter
2080, total
Shape:
10-sided main structure, with a
3.66-m diameter parabolic reflector supporter above the
spacecraft body
Dimensions (m):
4.70 height
1.78 from flat to flat
2.30 science boom
Power source:
3 RTGs
Responsible NASA center:
JPL
Project manager:
John R. Casani
Science Manager:
James E. Long
Objectives:
To conduct comparative studies of the
Jupiter and Saturn planetary systems, including their
satellites and Saturn's rings; study the interplanetary
medium between earth and Saturn.
Experiments (responsible
institution):
. .
Imaging science (University of
Arizona)
Infrared spectroscopy interferometer
and radiometry (GSFC)
Ultraviolet spectroscopy (Kitt Peak
National Observatory)
Photopolarimetry (University of
Colorado)
Plasma (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology)
Low-energy charged particles (Johns
Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory)
Magnetic fields (GSFC)
Planetary radio astronomy (University
of Colorado)
Plasma wave (TRW Space and Defense
Systems)
Radio science (Stanford
University)
Results:
Successful; reached vicinity of
Jupiter on March 5, 1979 and Saturn on November 12, 1980;
returned much new information on both planets.
Reference: JPL, "Voyager Jupiter-Saturn Fact Sheet," Dec. 1976.