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Cassini-Huygens is launched
Cassini-Huygens is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40. -
Venus Fly-By #1
First gravitational-assist fly-by of Venus -
Venus Fly-By #2
Second gravitational-assist fly-by of Venus -
Earth/Moon Fly-by
Gravitational-assist fly-by of Earth -
Asteroid 2685 Masurky Fly-By
Distance: 1.6 million kilometers
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Closest Approach to Jupiter
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Jupiter Fly-by
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Phoebe Fly-by
Cassini takes the first detailed images of tiny, battered Phoebe, a small moon on the edge of the Saturn system. The images and data are gathered at a range of 2,068 kilometers (1,285 miles). -
Cassini Becomes First Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn
Cassini crossed Saturn's ring plane and settled into Saturn's gravitational pull. -
Titan Flyby
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Huygens Probe is droped
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe separates from the Cassini orbiter and begins its 21 day journey to Titan. -
Iapetus Fly-by
Cassini caps off an amazing first year with a flyby of icy Iapetus, snapping the first close-up images of the battered moon. -
Huygens Probe Enters Titan Atmosphere
Two and a half hours later it touches the surface. -
Enceladus Flyby #1
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Enceladus Flyby #2
Cassini flies by within 504 kilometes -
Enceladus Flyby #3
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Titan Flyby
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Hyperion Visit
Range: 1,010 kilometers -
Dione
Distance: 500 kilometers -
Rhea Flyby #1
Distance: 500 kilometers -
Rhea Flyby #2
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Titan Flyby #6
First Radio Science bistatic and occulation observations. -
Rhea Flyby #3
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Titan Flyby #7
Closest approach for the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph: took a second stellar occultation of the atmosphere at a different latitude
Closest approach for RADAR: explored a different interesting area on the surface of Titan. -
Titan Flyby #8
Second Radio Science bistatic and occulation fly-by -
Lakes on Titan
Radar images were obtained that appeared to show lakes of liquid hydrocarbon in Titan's northern latitudes -
Opps!
Cassini's orbit was rotated out of the plane of the rings due to Titan encounter -
Enceladus Flyby #4
Unplanned Enceladus and Methone flybys. -
Sun behind Saturn
Cassini viewed Saturn and the rings as the Sun passed behind it. -
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Enceladus Flyby #5
Unplanned flyby of South Pole -
Titan Flyby #11
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Titan Flyby #12
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Titan Flyby #13
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Titan Flyby #14
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Inclination Change
Cassini reached almost 59 degrees of inclination -
Titan Flyby #15
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"Strike a Pose"
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) color mosaic image of Saturn looking down on the planet and its rings. -
Titan Flyby #16
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Titan Flyby #17
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Titan Flyby #18
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Titan Flyby #19
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Titan Flyby #20
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Titan Flyby #21
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Ring Flyby #1
Protective measures to ensure safe passage through an area of increased ring particle concentration. The High-Gain Antenna is used like an umbrella to shield the spacecraft. -
Titan Flyby #21
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Ring Flyby #2
Protective measures to ensure safe passage through an area of increased ring particle concentration. The High-Gain Antenna is used like an umbrella to shield the spacecraft. -
Tethys Flyby #2
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Titan Flyby #22
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Titan Flyby #23
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Rhea Flyby #3
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Iapetus Flyby
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Titan Flyby #24
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Titan Flyby #28
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer maps Huygens landing site -
Titan Flyby #29
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Enceladus Flyby #6
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Inclination Change
The Cassini spacecraft enters the highest inclination orbits of the tour. In these high inclined orbits scientists will have their best opportunities to use Stellar Occultations to penetrate the B ring. And the spacecraft will be able to show views of Saturn as no one has seen it before! The rings will be spread out like a giant halo around Saturn. -
END OF PRIME MISSION
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Beginning of the Cassini Equinox Mission
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Cassini Equinox Mission
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Titan Flyby
RADAR observed the Tsegihi/'Mountains' -
Titan Flyby
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer views of south pole -
Titan Flyby
