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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cassini's ongoing mission and raw images _ Cassini Helene Flyby
Posted by: ugordan Dec 7 2005, 10:16 PM
I noticed the JPL site mentioning a Helene flyby scheduled for Feb 25, 2006. It's still a long way away, but does anyone know how distant the flyby will be and will any actual science be taken?
It happens two days before yet another Titan flyby so I'm inclined to think this is a serendipous close approach...
Posted by: AlexBlackwell Dec 7 2005, 10:26 PM
QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 7 2005, 10:16 PM)
I noticed the JPL site mentioning a Helene flyby scheduled for Feb 25, 2006. It's still a long way away, but does anyone know how distant the flyby will be and will any actual science be taken?
It happens two days before yet another Titan flyby so I'm inclined to think this is a serendipous close approach...
It happens two days before yet another Titan flyby so I'm inclined to think this is a serendipous close approach...
It's a non-targeted inbound flyby. The latest information I've seen shows C/A at ~67,670 km, v = 7.1 km/s, and phase angle of 92 degress.
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