Cassini’s Grand Finale: Going Out in a Blaze of Glory (Conference Presentation)

Earl H. Maize

doi:10.1117/12.2517038

8 March 2019 Cassini’s Grand Finale: Going Out in a Blaze of Glory (Conference Presentation)

Earl H. Maize

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Proceedings Volume 10910, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXI; 1091002 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2517038
Event: SPIE LASE, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

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The Cassini spacecraft ended its 20-year voyage of discovery with a fiery plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017. We will discuss the engineering and scientific rationale for the mission's final scenario and some of the complexities of an entirely new mission for an aging spacecraft. We will also present highlights from the many amazing findings from the spacecraft's 13 years of exploration in the Saturn system.

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Earl H. Maize "Cassini’s Grand Finale: Going Out in a Blaze of Glory (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10910, Free-Space Laser Communications XXXI, 1091002 (8 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2517038

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