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Summary
Environmental Health Specialist Jamie A. Keeley, of EG&G Florida Inc., uses an ion chamber dose rate meter to measure radiation levels in one of three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) that will provide electrical power to the Cassini spacecraft on its mission to explore the Saturnian system. The three RTGs and one spare are being tested and monitored in the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Storage Building in the KSC's Industrial Area. The RTGs use heat from the natural decay of plutonium to generate electric power. RTGs enable spacecraft to operate far from the Sun where solar power systems are not feasible. The RTGs on Cassini are of the same design as those flying on the already deployed Galileo and Ulysses spacecraft. The Cassini mission is targeted for an Oct. 6 launch aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur expendable launch vehicle.
External radiation inspection of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassini-Huygens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cassini-Huygens (page does not exist)">Cassini-Huygens</a> spacecraft's <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radioisotope_Thermoelectric_Generator&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (page does not exist)">Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators</a>.
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| current | 09:18, 6 January 2017 | | 2,273 × 1,525 (713 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Environmental Health Specialist Jamie A. Keeley, of EG&G Florida Inc., uses an ion chamber dose rate meter to measure radiation levels in one of three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) that will provide electrical power to the Cassini spacecraft on its mission to explore the Saturnian system. The three RTGs and one spare are being tested and monitored in the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Storage Building in the KSC's Industrial Area. The RTGs use heat from the natural decay of plutonium to generate electric power. RTGs enable spacecraft to operate far from the Sun where solar power systems are not feasible. The RTGs on Cassini are of the same design as those flying on the already deployed Galileo and Ulysses spacecraft. The Cassini mission is targeted for an Oct. 6 launch aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur expendable launch vehicle. </p> <p>External radiation inspection of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassini-Huygens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cassini-Huygens (page does not exist)">Cassini-Huygens</a> spacecraft's <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radioisotope_Thermoelectric_Generator&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (page does not exist)">Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators</a>. </p> |
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