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Cassini's last week


Date: 12 September 2017
Satellite: Cassini
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Diagram of Cassini's final week, showing some of the milestones as the spacecraft heads for its plunge into Saturn. Times in PDT are UTC -7h/CEST -9h. Some entries refer to Earth received time (ERT), which is the time when the spacecraft's signal relaying the event arrives on Earth. This is 83 minutes after the event takes place at Saturn. (Times are predicted and subject to change.)

Last Update: 1 September 2019
17-Feb-2026 08:31 UT

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