Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Cassini's final orbits

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A navigation team animation showing Cassini's final 22 orbits at Saturn in 2017, beginning with the Titan flyby on 22 April 2017 that moves Cassini's periapsis from just outside the F ring to the region between Saturn's D ring and the cloud tops of Saturn. The mission will end on 11 September 2017.