CRAF/Cassini (C/C)

Abstract

The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) is a mission to rendezvous with the comet Tempel 2 and to station-keep at the comet for a period of 2.6 years, including the comet perihelion. There is a flyby of the asteroid Mandeville prior to the arrival at Tempel 2. The Cassini is a mission to place a spacecraft in a highly elliptical orbit around the planet Saturn and deliver a probe to the surface of its satellite Titan. There is a flyby of the asteroid 1989 UR1 prior to arrival at Saturn. Coverage goals for the two missions are explained. Information is given in tabular form for frequency assignments, telemetry, command, navigation, and tracking support responsibility