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The Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science Data Browser

The Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science Data Browser
The Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science Data Browser You can browse one of the Cassini Saturn orbiter's non-imaging data sets, from the Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) instrument, at this website. The screen capture here shows spectral flux density for the 24-hour period around Cassini's orbit insertion; Cassini fired its main engine from 01:12 to 02:48 UTC on July 1, 2004 (DOY 183) to enter orbit. This event definitely shows up in the data. The variations are partially due to Cassini's position with respect to Saturn and partially due (I think) to Cassini's changing three-axis orientation. LEISA / RPWS team