July 5, 2016
French Contribution to Cassini
Instrument | Name | PI Laboratory | Number of French Co-Is | French Contribution |
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer | CAPS | D. T. Young - Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX | 2 Co-Is | LATMOS: Time of Flight (TOF) Spectrometer |
Cosmic Dust Analyzer | CDA | R. Srama - Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg | 1 Co-I | LAM: Scientific Co-investigator |
Composite Infrared Spectrometer | CIRS | M. Flasar - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD | 11 Co-Is | CEA: N°4 Focal plane (7-9 µm) and associated electronics (80-300 K) LESIA : Translation mechanism and IR Fourier transform Spectrometer prototype |
Imaging Science Subsystem | ISS | C. C. Porco - Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO | 1 team member | CNES: Image compression module (MCI) |
Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument | MIMI | S. M. Krimigis - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD | 5 Co-Is | IRAP: DPU, management electronics |
Radio and Plasma Wave Spectrometer | RPWS | D. A. Gurnett - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA | 8 Co-Is | LATMOS: Magnetic Antennas and preamplifiers LESIA : HF Receiver (4 KHz - 16 MHz), and sounder |
Cassini Radar | RADAR | C. Elachi - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | 1 Co-I | LERMA: Scientific Co-investigator |
Radio Science Subsystem | RSS | A. J. Kliore - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | 1 Co-I | GRGS: Scientific Co-investigator |
Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph | UVIS | L. Esposito - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO | 1 Co-I | IRAP: Scientific Co-investigator |
Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer | VIMS | R. H. Brown - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | 6 team members | LESIA: Buffer IAS: Data compression module |
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