Status Report

NASA Cassini Titan Flyby – Aug. 22, 2005

By SpaceRef Editor
August 19, 2005
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NASA Cassini Titan Flyby – Aug. 22, 2005
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On Aug. 22, the Cassini spacecraft will fly by Titan at approximately 3,669 kilometers (2,280 miles) above the moon’s surface.

Making its first return to Titan since April 16, the spacecraft will continue studying the moon’s complex atmosphere. It will hunt for stratospheric compounds, including water, and continue to study cloud formation and evolution.

The spacecraft is expected to return high-resolution images of Titan’s high southern latitudes and will have a rare opportunity to study the interaction between Titan and the magnetosphere of Saturn in an exotic region.

SpaceRef staff editor.