Cassini Prepares to Fly By Saturn's Moon Enceladus
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- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:59:52 -0800 (PST)
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/titan20080312/index.cfm
Enceladus Flyby - Mar. 12, 2008
Cassini Prepares to Fly By Saturn's Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft will make its closest swing past a Saturnian
moon
on Mar. 12, 2008. Cassini will fly at about 50 kilometers (30 miles)
above the surface of Enceladus, to skirt along the edges of
Old-Faithful-like geysers and scoop up valuable samples of water-ice,
dust and gas along the way.
Enceladus Flyby
Mar. 12, 2008 (SCET)
Altitude
52 km (32.3 miles)
Speed
14.4 km/sec (32,234 mph)
Details
+ Mission Description PDF ( 1.0 MB)
<http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/products/pdfs/
20080312_enceladus_mission_description.pdf>
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