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Cassini Extended Mission
volcanopele
post Dec 20 2004, 09:41 PM
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I've seen plans four a four year mission for Cassini. What happens after this? Crash it into Saturn like they did with Galileo or an extended mission? I'd like to see it in orbit around Titan but that doesn't seem likely since it ends in a near polar orbit around Saturn.


I haven't heard much, but as far as I have heard, the discussion seems to be centered around just continuing the Cassini mission as it is now. Maybe get a few more icy satellite flybys, particularly of Tethys, which doesn't have a targeted flyby during the nominal mission. My hope is that, given the limited amount of hydrazine left at the end of the mission, that Cassini would at least get additional flybys of Titan over areas not well covered during the nominal mission like near 270W.


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post Dec 21 2004, 06:18 PM
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