File:Cassini Saturn Orbit Insertion.jpg

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DescriptionCassini Saturn Orbit Insertion.jpg	English: Original Caption Released with Image: This is an artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing. The spacecraft is moving out of the plane of the page and to the right (firing to reduce its spacecraft velocity with respect to Saturn) and has just crossed the ring plane. The SOI maneuver, which is approximately 90 minutes long, will allow Cassini to be captured by Saturn's gravity into a five-month orbit. Cassini's close proximity to the planet after the maneuver offers a unique opportunity to observe Saturn and its rings at extremely high resolution. Suomi: Ai vittu mun Cassini.
Date	Taken on 11 December 2002
Source	JPL Photojournal
Author	NASA/JPL
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:10, 8 August 2022	14,400 × 9,600 (4.19 MB)	Askeuhd	Full resolution version
	20:54, 12 February 2011	2,560 × 1,707 (2.59 MB)	Mirecki	higher resolution version
	17:27, 11 March 2006	707 × 471 (36 KB)	Glenn	{{PD-USGov-NASA}} '''Original Caption Released with Image''': This is an artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing. The spacecraft is moving out of the plane of the page and to

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