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August 19th 05, 05:17 PM
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/titan20050822/index.cfm

Titan Flyby - Aug. 22, 2005

On Aug. 22, the Cassini spacecraft will fly by Titan at
approximately 3,669 kilometers (2,280 miles) above the moon's
surface.

Making its first return to Titan since April 16, the spacecraft
will continue studying the moon's complex atmosphere. It will
hunt for stratospheric compounds, including water, and continue
to study cloud formation and evolution.

The spacecraft is expected to return high-resolution images of
Titan's high southern latitudes and will have a rare opportunity
to study the interaction between Titan and the magnetosphere of
Saturn in an exotic region.