[UPDATE] Cassini is now the first captured object from Earth around Saturn!

....While the SOI burn has placed Cassini in a capture orbit around
Saturn, there's still apparently a bit to go before SOI is finished.
Burn at posting time is only 86% complete. Closest approach to Saturn
during the burn will be at an altitude of 20,500km, just after leaving
B-ring occultation. By 11:04 CDT we should see strong signal from
Cassini, with little to no further blockage expected from the very
thin C-ring.

OM

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