README for Cassini Spacecraft Mass Table
September 4, 2018
Thomas A. Burk -- JPL Cassini Spacecraft Office Atitude Control Flight Operations team leader
JPL Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology

This mass table provides the total spacecraft mass (combining dry mass and wet mass) for each Delta V maneuver performed durig the Cassini mission.

This table lists the "pre-burn" total spacecraft mass for each maneuver.

This table is based on the best ground-based estimates of the Cassini Propulsion team (part of the Cassini Spacecraft Flight Operations office).

The JPL Cassini Spacecraft Flight Operations Propulsion team (Team Lead: Todd J. Barber) used the final (pre-launch) mass properties report for dry mass components, and flight telemetry and ground-based analytical models for wet mass components.

Wet mass propellant estimates were based on tank pressure flight telemetry along with valve open/close and duration telemetry throughout the mission.

Deployable components (Huygens Probe, etc.) were also accounted for in these estimates.  The Huygens Probe was released on December 24, 2004.