Saturn Orbit Insertion and Probe Release
July 1, 2004 through February 15, 2005
Orbit SOI-3

This is the first part of Cassini's journey at Saturn. The arrival of the spacecraft at Saturn (through SOI) and the deployment of the Probe to Titan (January 2005) were major scientific milestones.

Aerial and Edge-on views of Cassini's Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) burn