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Orbit Plot: Cassini Grand Finale (Artist’s Concept)

Illustration showing Cassini's final orbits.
February 13, 2017
Credit NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech / Erick Sturm
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During its final months, the Cassini spacecraft will climb repeatedly high above the planet’s north pole and then dive between the planet and the innermost edge of its dazzling rings.

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Illustration of Cassini's final orbits.
A similar graphic without the final orbit highlighted in orange.