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Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn

A distant pass, jointly observing the planet with the orbiting Galileo while gaining the last energy the cruise needed. Encounter class: flyby.

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Recorded on Cassini–Huygens

  1. Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter — the first spacecraft to reach the outer Solar System
  2. Pioneer 11 passes Jupiter, bending north toward Saturn
  3. Voyager 1 closest approach to Jupiter
  4. Active volcanism found on Io
  5. Voyager 2 closest approach to Jupiter
  6. Galileo enters orbit around Jupiter — the first outer-planet orbiter
  7. Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn
  8. Galileo is flown into Jupiter to end its mission
  9. Cassini enters orbit around Saturn
  10. Huygens lands on Titan — the only landing on an outer-system moon
  11. New Horizons takes a gravity assist at Jupiter
  12. Juno enters polar orbit around Jupiter
  13. Cassini’s Grand Finale — flown into Saturn to end the mission

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