Cassini,s second year in orbit around Saturn and the Saturnian system
will bring many wonders to us all.
From July 1, 2005 - July 1, 2006
Ending the Occultation phase of the mission, beginning the Petal
Rotation/Magnetotail (Oct 05 through Dec 06) phase of the mission.
Closest approach to Enceladus yet, July 14, 2005 (175 km)
6 Worlds in 80 days:
Moon DOY Altitude (km)
Titan (14TI_T7) 250 950
Tethys 267 2000
Hyperion 269 1000
Dione 284 500
Titan (17TI_T8) 301 1458
Rhea 330 500
9 Targeted Titan flybys (13TI_T6 through 24TI_T14):
Aug-22, Sep-07, Oct-28, Dec-26, Jan-15, Feb-27, Mar-19, Apr-30, May-20
Aug 22nd flyby All CIRS flyby
Oct 28th flyby RADAR SAR coverage of probe landing site
Dec 26th flyby All UVIS flyby
Feb 27th flyby first RSS gravity pass of Titan
Mar 19th flyby first RSS occultation and bi-static
Cassini is one year in orbit around Saturn today !
  