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Great update from the Planetary Society:
Cassini's tour of the Saturn system
Future mission phases
Icy Satellites and Magnetotail - September 7, 2005, to July 22, 2006
180-Degree Transfer; Rings and MAPS - July 22, 2006, to June 30, 2007
Iapetus Flyby and Icy Satellites - June 30 to September 14, 2007
Rings and MAPS - August 31, 2007 to July 1, 2008
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Excellent resource. It is truely amazing how much they can effect the orbit over time. How much propellant did cassini carry onboard?
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There is a fair amount of propellant, but most of this change is through careful use of the gravity of Titan.
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Look at event 61...
Enceladus close flyby
Altitude: 23 km
Just amazing how close they will fly it =)
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Just hope there aren't any 24-km-high mountains....Originally Posted by mantiss
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bad idea in my opinion...you will lose the probe...in light of the recent discovery
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I wouldn't be surprised if they backed off on that a little - it seems to be cutting things a little too fine.
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I think they will pull it off; I'm guessing they will aim the probe away from the active southern region. Rumor on "unmannedspaceflight" is that a lot of scientists are jonesing for detailed information on the moon's interior, data that could only be gleaned by an extremely close flyby.
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I was reading that toward the end of the mission they want to fly through the plumes of material coming from Enceladus. that's probably the event 61, so I think they have adjusted it to come that close on purpose.
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