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Grand Finale Orbits - Side View

Source: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech / Erick Sturm
Published: March 24, 2017

Cassini mission planners created this animation to showcase Cassini's final 22 orbits - the mission's Grand Finale.

Grand Finale Orbits
Screenshot showing a side view of Cassini's final orbits at Saturn.

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