Sarah M. Milkovich UVIS Team Meeting, Pasadena 8 January 2009 January-June 2009 Sarah M. Milkovich UVIS Team Meeting, Pasadena 8 January 2009
Tour Status S46 Sequence is executing, Rev 99 Period = 9.4 days Inclination = 69˚ T49 executed on Dec 21 S47 Sequence begins tomorrow, Rev 100 During the next 6 months, we will continue to lower inclination In April, Pi-transfer orbit Switching from outbound Titan flybys to inbound
Decreasing Inclination
Petal Plots
Saturn, Ring Solar Occs January-June 2009 no occs until October 2009 Targeted Icy Satellite Flybys January-June 2009 nothing until November 2009 Feb 20 & March 4: UVIS observations of neighborhood of Enceladus March 9: Search for Rhea’s rings
Titan Flybys January-June 2009 T50 7 February 960 km INMS T51 27 March 1045 km VIMS/INMS T52 4 April 4150 km RSS, UVIS stellar occ T53 20 April 3350 km UVIS stellar & solar occ* 109TI (NT) 26 April 695000 km MAPS, ISS T54 5 May 3200 km CIRS, UVIS scans T55 21 May 965 km RADAR, UVIS scans T56 6 June 965 km RADAR, UVIS stellar occ * Tour driver
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