periapsis

• This is the periapsis maneuver setting up for the Titan 50 encounter on Feb. 7. —  BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed
• Descending through the ring plane just prior to periapsis, Imaging Science (ISS) acquired data for an —  BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed
• How is it that at one moment Cassini can be found nearly at apoapsis, the farthest point from Saturn in an orbit, and within a day, be at periapsis, the closest point to Saturn in an orbit, when its orbital period is around 16 days? —  BBSNews ATOM 0.3 Newsreader Feed
• Today began with the spacecraft passing through periapsis, the point where the spacecraft is closest to Saturn for this orbit. —  SpaceRef Top Stories
• During periapsis, Magnetospheric and Plasma Science (MAPS) instruments collected data at increased rates to observe the auroral magnetosphere and Saturn Kilometric Radiation source region. —  SpaceRef Top Stories

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