Thanks, Jacob. Did you notice the final paragraph?
[Cassini's next close flyby of Enceladus occurs only five months later, in Rev. 80 on August 11, and follows a trajectory very similar to the one described here, in which the spacecraft approaches from the north, passes about 50 km above the surface, and recedes with a view of the eclipsed and sunlit south polar terrain. The Rev. 80 flyby includes an even deeper plume passage than here in Rev. 61, and still deeper plume passages are planned for flybys later during the extended mission, in Revs. 120 and 130.]
I guess that means they'll be going 'deeper' still.
I remember most here commented on that during a previous post on this.
Fingers crossed.
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