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1 Upcoming Events Cassini Equinox Mission
C. J. Hansen 24 June 2008

2 Tour Status S41 Sequence is executing, Rev 73
Orbit Period = 7.0 days The spacecraft is at its maximum inclination Inclination = 74.70 We have less than one week remaining in the Primary Mission! Our last Titan flyby, T44, executed May 28 This preview is for the first 6 months of the Cassini Equinox Mission

3 At highest inclination…

4 Petal Plots

5 Saturn, Ring Solar Occs Occultations of Saturn and its rings occur weekly until August After August occultations are just of the rings, until November UVIS observations on Rev 76, 80

6 Titan Flybys in First Half of 2008
T July km Gravity Science T Nov Earth Occultation T Nov UVIS stellar occs, VIMS T Dec INMS, UVIS stellar occs T Dec Radar

7 Upcoming Targeted Icy Satellite Flybys
Janus Rev 74 June km Enceladus Rev 80 August km Tethys Rev 87 October 2 78,632 km Enceladus Rev 88 October 9 25 km Enceladus Rev 91 October km Tethys Rev 94 Nov ,234 km

8 2008 Enceladus Flybys March 12, 2008


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