Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Feb 6 2009, 03:35 AM
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Perhaps now would be a good time to start a new thread on the Extended-Extended Mission.
http://www.space.com/news/090127-cassini-m...-extension.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Feb 4 2010, 09:26 PM
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Are there any close or non targeted flybys of Hyperion in the XXM?
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Feb 4 2010, 10:58 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Are there any close or non targeted flybys of Hyperion in the XXM? RTFM ;-) This link was posted in this thread earlier today: http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/cassini/xxm/SM-7/SM-7_all.txt |
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Feb 4 2010, 11:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 445 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
Some questions about Cassini's final maneuvers.
John Spenser's description on Emily's blog states that a final Titan fly-by will perturb Cassini's orbit into a narrow cloud-scraping orbit inside the ring system. After 23 orbits, "a final distant nudge from Titan on September 11, 2017 delivers the death blow, altering the orbit just enough to drop Cassini into Saturn on September 15." Is that final nudge a pure gravitational perturbation, or is it assisted by Cassini's propulsion system? How far away will Titan be when it delivers the fatal nudge? TTT |
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