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I created a simulation of Cassini's close approach to Enceladus today (October 9, 2008) using an experimental ground track feature:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R20d8sJae4E

The trajectory is marked off in three second intervals. The video is in real time, so this encounter is very fast. I'm so used to thinking spacecraft flybys as fairly leisurely affairs, with ample time to aim cameras and other instruments.

(The video looks much better without YouTube's compression: 2.0M AVI, DivX: http://www.celestiaproject.net/~claurel/celest ... 9oct08.avi)

--Chris

Clicking the video on your shatters.net server does not work.

Fridger

t00fri wrote:Clicking the video on your shatters.net server does not work.

Oops. I edited the post and added the correct link. Thanks for noting the problem.

--Chris

Nice! How does it work? via ssc? celx?

ElChristou wrote:Nice! How does it work? via ssc? celx?

It's an experimental new reference mark for ground tracks. It's a post-1.6.0 feature, and it's related to some new work that I'm doing on orbits.

--Chris