Spacecraft · ESA
Huygens
ExplorationCompleted
Overview
The ESA probe that descended through Titan's atmosphere and landed on its surface in 2005, the first landing in the outer solar system.
Mission data
Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q714789)
| International designator | 1997-061C | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Operator | European Space Operations Centre | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Manufacturer | Aérospatiale | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Launch mass | 318 kg | Wikidata · catalogued |
Full field-level provenance
- International designator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P247 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Operator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P137 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Manufacturer: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P176 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Launch mass: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P2067 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
Sourced from Wikidata (community-maintained structured data, whose statements link to their own citations where provided); each value carries its Wikidata QID. A field with conflicting Wikidata values is omitted. Launch date is used only to cross-check the catalogue, never to override it. Fields Wikidata did not provide, or where conflicting values exist, are omitted, never invented.
Knowledge connections
- Part of missionCassini–Huygens
- Landed onTitan
- Operated byESA
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.