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Position of the CDA

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.

Position of the CDA

This image shows the position of the Cosmic dust Analyzer (CDA) on the Cassini probe. The device can be rotated by 270 degrees using a multiphase motor that consumes a maximum of five watts, at a rotation speed of 10 degrees per minute.

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The Cosmic Dust Analyzer – a joint project by Max Planck and DLR

September 13, 2017
There are a total of 18 scientific instruments on board Cassini-Huygens. One of these is the Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA), which analyses ice and dust particles in the Saturnian system. The special thing about this instrument, which is still the only one in the world, is that it can simultaneously determine the electrical charge, speed, direction of flight and mass of individual particles.
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Position of the CDA

Position of the CDA

The Cosmic Dust Analyzer – a joint project by Max Planck and DLR

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Dawn - Mission to Vesta and Ceres

Matthias Maurer's Cosmic Kiss mission

TerraSAR-X

DLR research aircraft HALO

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Po­si­tion of the CDA

Position of the CDA

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Matthias Mau­r­er's Cos­mic Kiss mis­sion

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DLR and NLR in­tend to fur­ther deep­en fu­ture co­op­er­a­tion

Ger­man-Japanese co­op­er­a­tion in aerospace

Call for pro­pos­als for the de­vel­op­ment of spin-en­abling tech­nolo­gies

Call for pro­pos­als to con­struct pho­ton­ic quan­tum pro­ces­sors

DLR re­news co­op­er­a­tion with in­ter­na­tion­al part­ners

DLR, JAXA and CSA ex­tend their co­op­er­a­tion to in­clude hu­man re­sources man­age­ment

Co­op­er­a­tion with Cana­di­an re­search in­sti­tu­tion strength­ened

Position of the CDA

The Cosmic Dust Analyzer – a joint project by Max Planck and DLR

Alexander Gerst's mission 'horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow'

Dawn - Mission to Vesta and Ceres

Matthias Maurer's Cosmic Kiss mission

TerraSAR-X

DLR research aircraft HALO

FireBIRD mission

Digitalisation research

DLR and NLR intend to further deepen future cooperation

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Call for proposals to construct photonic quantum processors

DLR renews cooperation with international partners

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