The most dramatic moment to watch for is likely to be when JPL loses its connection with the plummeting spacecraft just before 8 am. That will mean this remarkable spacecraft has been destroyed by the intense forces in Saturn’s atmosphere. (By the time NASA gets the last signal, Cassini will actually be long gone. It takes about an hour and 20 minutes for communications to transmit between Saturn and Earth.)
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