Upcoming Events Cassini Equinox Mission C. J. Hansen 24 June 2008

Tour Status S41 Sequence is executing, Rev 73 Orbit Period = 7.0 days The spacecraft is at its maximum inclination Inclination = 74.70 We have less than one week remaining in the Primary Mission! Our last Titan flyby, T44, executed May 28 This preview is for the first 6 months of the Cassini Equinox Mission

At highest inclination…

Petal Plots

Saturn, Ring Solar Occs Occultations of Saturn and its rings occur weekly until August After August occultations are just of the rings, until November UVIS observations on Rev 76, 80

Titan Flybys in First Half of 2008 T45 31 July 1613.4 km Gravity Science T46 03 Nov 1100.0 Earth Occultation T47 19 Nov 1022.6 UVIS stellar occs, VIMS T48 05 Dec 960.0 INMS, UVIS stellar occs T49 21 Dec 970.0 Radar

Upcoming Targeted Icy Satellite Flybys Janus Rev 74 June 30 33087 km Enceladus Rev 80 August 11 50 km Tethys Rev 87 October 2 78,632 km Enceladus Rev 88 October 9 25 km Enceladus Rev 91 October 31 196 km Tethys Rev 94 Nov 24 24,234 km

2008 Enceladus Flybys March 12, 2008