NASA will live-stream loss of signal as Cassini burn up in atmosphere of Saturn (nasa.gov) 2 points by jessriedel 8y ago ↗ HN
[–] jessriedel 8y ago ↗ Here is the end-of-mission timeline.https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/grand-finale/cassini-end...In particular, Cassini is expected to burn up at about 6:30am on Friday morning, but because the light travel time from Saturn will be ~83mins, Cassini's signal will not fall silent until 7:53-7:55am.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 12.7 ms ] threadhttps://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/grand-finale/cassini-end...
In particular, Cassini is expected to burn up at about 6:30am on Friday morning, but because the light travel time from Saturn will be ~83mins, Cassini's signal will not fall silent until 7:53-7:55am.