[SGVLUG] OT: Cassini Realtime Operations at JPL

[Claude Felizardo]

Sorry for posting something off topic but thought some of you out
there might be interested in this:

"Cassini Realtime Operations"

Presented by David Doody
Flight Operations Lead, Cassini Mission Support & Services Office

Thursday, July 20, von Kármán Auditorium at JPL, and
Friday, July 21, at Pasadena City College's Vosloh Forum, 1570 East
Colorado Boulevard.

Both lectures begin promptly at 7 PM with seating available on a first
come, first served basis.

For more information, call the Public Services Office at 4-0112, or
visit the website at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm

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Both lectures begin at 7 p.m. PDT and run for approximately an hour.

Admission is free. Seating is limited.
For more information, call (818) 354-0112.

Have a look behind the scenes as Cassini Mission Controllers send
commands to the distant robot spacecraft. The audience is invited for
a virtual visit to Cassini real-time operations. Orbiting Saturn
nearly a billion miles from here, "real time" for Cassini is almost an
hour and a half away, given speed-of-light radio transmissions.
Controllers work closely with the worldwide Deep Space Network,
communicating with Cassini daily, and occasionally carrying out
special experiments for the Radio Science team. We'll have a look at
some of the latest results from the amazing Saturnian system, while
discussing how the busy spacecraft obtains them, and transports them
intact back to Earth. This presentation makes it clear how
cutting-edge successes deep in our solar system have become the daily
routine in JPL's Space Flight Operations Facility.

To learn more about the Cassini Mission to Saturn:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm