NASA beginning of the live broadcast of the last minutes of the probe “Cassini”

Today completed the last journey of the probe “Cassini”.

Space research station “Cassini” (Cassini) on Friday, September 15, has completed his mission and burn in the clouds of Saturn. The NASA probe launched from Earth in 1997.

NASA experts decided to carry out a controlled completion of the mission, to avoid collision of the device with the months of Saturn, which is potentially life.

“Unfortunately, this is a stunning mission, which was carried out for 40 years, is completed. Undoubtedly, we are sad, but we are proud to declare that mission accomplished” – said the head of the mission Earl Maisy.

The finale of the mission, which NASA will broadcast and comment live on September 15, were prepared in advance: from April this year, the probe for 22 weeks did “the dip” between the rings of the planet, gradually approaching her.

According to the calculations of supervisors of the mission, the last signal from Cassini will be received at 14:55, 15 September, Kyiv time. This time will be considered the end of his mission, although it really is going to happen 86 minutes earlier, so much needs to signal from ship reached Land.

A minute before the signal loss, the probe will enter the atmosphere of Saturn at a speed of about 113 thousand kilometers per hour at an altitude of about 1.9 thousand kilometers above the clouds of the planet. The unit “evaporates” under the high temperatures of the planet’s atmosphere.

Calculations show that the device will begin to disintegrate within 30 seconds after loss of signal with him, and two minutes later be completely absorbed by the atmosphere of the planet.

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