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Titan Flyby – (T-19) – Oct. 9, 2006

Shorefront Property, Anyone?: This lake is part of a larger image taken by the Cassini radar instrument during a flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Sept. 23, 2006.
Shorefront Property, Anyone?: This lake is part of a larger image taken by the Cassini radar instrument during a flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Sept. 23, 2006.

Cassini's Land of Lakes Tour Continues

Cassini's radar instrument will hunt for more lakes on Saturn's moon Titan, during a flyby on Monday, Oct. 9. After discovering lakes in July, the Cassini team tweaked the spacecraft's viewing geometry to point the radar farther north to search for more lakes

Titan Flyby at a Glance

Date
Oct. 9, 2006

Altitude
609 miles (980 km)

Speed
13,400 mph (6.0 km/sec)