What amazes me the most about the Cassini mission is the drastic inclination changes they managed to achieve around Saturn (see the GIF in the hero section [1])

What amazes me the most about the Cassini mission is the drastic inclination changes they managed to achieve around Saturn (see the GIF in the hero section [1]). At first I thought the spacecraft must have had some serious delta-v budget, but in fact the bulk of it was provided by Titan [2] (noteworthy: this page also mentions the Cassini-Huygens communication issue that was uncovered during flight, for which the workaround was already mentioned on HN [3]). Truly amazing work from the navigation team. [1] https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2966/ring-grazing-orbits/ https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2966/ring-grazing-orbits/ [2] https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/navigation/ https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/navigation/ [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12483579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12483579