No. 20 - Waiting for Probe Descent
Since separation from Cassini on 25 December 2004 the Huygens probe has been in a dormant state. An onboard timer will awaken the spacecraft as it approaches the upper atmosphere of Titan at 04:44 UT 14 January.
At 09:11 UT the Huygens probe will begin relaying data to the Cassini spacecraft. Around 5 hours later the transmission ends and Cassini will reorientate to transmit the first data back to Earth.
Updates on this event will be posted on saturn.esa.int
Last Update: 1 September 2019