This graphic depicts one possible orbital tour
for the Cassini mission. The final four year tour has yet to be
finalized and could look different from this one. The view is
from Saturn's north pole and the direction to the Sun is towards
the top of the figure. The orbits of two satellites are shown;
Titan and Iapetus orbit at distances of ~20 and ~60 Saturn radii,
respectively. This sample tour contains 69 orbits about Saturn,
approximately 40 Titan flybys, and close flybys of many of Saturn's
other satellites.
Selected spacecraft orbits from different phases
of the tour are shown in different colors. The initial orbits
(RED) were shown in detail on a previous slide (#11). Following
sequences establish Saturn/ring occultations of the spacecraft
as seen from Earth and Sun (YELLOW), rotate the orbit with respect
to the Sun direction (GREEN, BLUE, & PURPLE), and incline the
spacecraft orbit plane significantly with respect to the Saturn
equator (BLUE, to 60° maximum inclination, and GRAY, to 70°
maximum inclination). (P-46586)
