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Cassini enters orbit around Saturn
The first spacecraft to orbit Saturn, beginning thirteen years among the rings and moons. Encounter class: orbit insertion.
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Subjects
- Cassini–Huygens · mission · not located
- Saturn · celestial body · not located
Evidence
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Cassini–Huygens mission archive
Launch, Jupiter flyby, Saturn orbit insertion, the Huygens Titan landing and the 2017 Grand Finale.
NASA / ESA · Partly verified
NASA Cassini archive · ESA Huygens mission pages
Recorded on Cassini–Huygens
- Pioneer 11 passes Saturn — the first spacecraft to reach it
- Voyager 1 passes Saturn and Titan, and leaves the plane of the planets
- Voyager 2 passes Saturn and continues towards Uranus
- Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn
- Cassini enters orbit around Saturn
- Huygens lands on Titan — the only landing on an outer-system moon
- Cassini’s Grand Finale — flown into Saturn to end the mission
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- Cassini’s Grand Finale — flown into Saturn to end the mission · 2017-09-15
- Huygens lands on Titan — the only landing on an outer-system moon · 2005-01-14
- Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn · 2000-12-30
- Voyager 2 passes Saturn and continues towards Uranus · 1981-08-25
- Voyager 1 passes Saturn and Titan, and leaves the plane of the planets · 1980-11-12
- Pioneer 11 passes Saturn — the first spacecraft to reach it · 1979-09-01