Dione Observations



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Cassini encountered Dione multiple times. A total of 5 targeted flybys are planned for the entire mission.

See Dione Events (xlsx, txt)

  Observations were made by:
CAPS - Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
CDA - Cosmic Dust Analyzer
CIRS - Composite Infrared Spectrometer
INMS - Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer
ISS - Imaging Science Subsystem
RADAR - a Radar instrument
RSS - Radio Science Subsystem
UVIS - Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph
VIMS - Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer


With Magnetosphere and Plasma Science (MAPS) instruments riding along.

See the Master Schedule for more detail.

Higher Order Products -- See individual instruments.