Flying through Enceladus' plume with Cassini - A multi-instrumental view

The well documented Enceladus plume is one of the most complex space plasma environments ever been explored. The plume resembles the cometary coma regarding the plasma-neutral gas interactions. Yet, the situation is further complicated by the presence of abundant ice grains, which serve as a significant plasma sink and result in a dust-plasma ensemble in the magnetosphere that is unique in our Solar system. Here we present the first preliminary results about the plume structure based on the in situ measurements by multiple Cassini instruments over several close flybys. Combining datasets from CAPS, CDA, INMS, MAG, and RPWS, we also aim to provide new constraints on the plume's dusty plasma state and the ion production rate, which are crucial to understand the interactions between Enceladus' plume and the magnetosphere of Saturn.