Titan Flyby 9 (T-9): Dec. 26, 2005

During Cassini's Dec. 26 flyby of Titan, the spacecraft will be in the same region that NASA's Voyager 1 flew by in 1980. Cassini's path through the tail of Titan's magnetic field will provide scientists new data to compare with what Voyager found 25 years ago.

Date
Dec. 26, 2005 (18:59 SCET)

Distance
6469 miles (10,410 km)

Speed (rel. to Titan)
12,530 mph (5.6 km/sec)

Phase
67 deg