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Cassini's Grand Finale

Time left until last signal sent by spacecraft:

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CASSINI: THE GRAND FINALE (Updated countdowns below)
Because Saturn is so far from Earth, Cassini will have been gone for about 83 minutes by the time its final signal reaches the Deep Space Network's Canberra station in Australia on Sept. 15, 2017.

The current predicted time for loss of signal on Earth is 4:55 a.m. PDT (7:55 a.m. EDT) on Sept. 15, 2017. This time may change as Saturn's atmosphere slows Cassini during each of the final orbits.

Countdowns and timeline below
Final Signal Sent from Saturn:
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Final Signal Received on Earth:
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Cassini's finale timeline
Cassini update
14th September - 19:58 UTC

Right now, Cassini is scheduled to take the final image with it's cameras. In about 24 minutes the craft will begin its finally downlink of data back to earth among which it'll send the final image.

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Cassini update
14th September - 20:22 UTC

Spacecraft turns antenna to Earth; communications pass begins for final playback from Cassini's data recorder, including final images. Communications link is continuous from now to end of mission (~14.5 hours)

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Cassini update
15th September - 03:15 UTC

Deep Space Network station in Canberra, Australia, takes over tracking Cassini to end of mission

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