Resistor Elements

When the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn lifted off at the beginning of October 1997, a conductive plastic potentiometer from Novotechnik was on board. When the space ship reaches Saturn in 2004, the sub-probe "Huygens" will be released over the moon Titan. This probe will submerge into Titan's atmosphere and will take extensive measurements.

Function: A rotary potentiometer controls the postion of a turntable used for navigation.