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Electrical interferences observed in the Cassini CIRS spectrometer

Flasar, F. Michael; Gorius, Nicolas; Guandique, Ever +6 more

The Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) carried onboard the Cassini spacecraft has now operated successfully for 17 years, following launch in 1997. Following insertion into Saturnian orbit in July 2004, the instrument has taken data nearly continuously, returning over 100 million interferograms (spectra) to date. Although of generally high qua…