Cassini's tour: 180-degree transfer; rings and MAPS; July 22, 2006, to June 30, 2007

Cassini's tour: 180-degree transfer; rings and MAPS; July 22, 2006, to June 30, 2007
Cassini's tour: 180-degree transfer; rings and MAPS; July 22, 2006, to June 30, 2007 The solid blue curves show the path of Cassini. During this period the orbit begins in Saturn's ring plane and becomes smaller and more inclined with time until Cassini meets Titan on the opposite side of Saturn (the "180 degree transfer") and the orbit is returned to an equatorial one. NASA / JPL-Caltech