Tuesday, July 13, 2004
CASSINI SATURN ORBIT TOUR
"Cassini's tour of the Saturn system is divided into 6 different segments. Each segment contains many Saturn and Titan flybys as well as opportunities to study the different smaller satellites."
HAVE A LOOK AT THE ORBITS
(1). Bleow is the Cassini-Huygens Mission "Petal Plot"with both aerial and edge-on views.
ORBIT IMAGE 01
(2). Bleow this plot outlines the tour of the spacecraft around Saturn, Titan and the icy satellites
ORBIT IMAGE 02
Highlights of the Saturn Tour
74 - Orbits of Saturn
45 - Close flybys of Titan
08 - close "targeted" flybys of other satellites:
03 - close flybys of Enceladus, Phoebe, Hyperion, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus
30 - Additional satellite flybys at distances less than 100,000 kilometers (about 62,100 miles)
01 - One "Titan 180 degree transfer
01 - One high inclination sequence
XX - Many Saturn and Ring occultation opportunities
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"Cassini's tour of the Saturn system is divided into 6 different segments. Each segment contains many Saturn and Titan flybys as well as opportunities to study the different smaller satellites."
HAVE A LOOK AT THE ORBITS
(1). Bleow is the Cassini-Huygens Mission "Petal Plot"with both aerial and edge-on views.
ORBIT IMAGE 01
(2). Bleow this plot outlines the tour of the spacecraft around Saturn, Titan and the icy satellites
ORBIT IMAGE 02
Highlights of the Saturn Tour
74 - Orbits of Saturn
45 - Close flybys of Titan
08 - close "targeted" flybys of other satellites:
03 - close flybys of Enceladus, Phoebe, Hyperion, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus
30 - Additional satellite flybys at distances less than 100,000 kilometers (about 62,100 miles)
01 - One "Titan 180 degree transfer
01 - One high inclination sequence
XX - Many Saturn and Ring occultation opportunities
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