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Cassini's Final Plunge (Top View)

Cassini plunge top view

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Published: August 28, 2017

This graphic shows Cassini's final plunge toward Saturn from a top view, with tick marks representing time intervals of 2 minutes, leading to the spacecraft's entry into the atmosphere.

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