Remote Sensing

Start of the Cassini Equinox Mission (SpaceRef)

4 Jul 2008

June 30 marks the end of the four-year primary mission for the Cassini spacecraft and the start of the extended mission. Approval for the two-year extension, called the Cassini Equinox Mission, was announced by NASA in April 2008.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 06/24/08 - 06/27/08 (SpaceRef)

4 Jul 2008

The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on June 27 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

'Saipan has the resources to develop world-class marine interpretive trail' (Saipan Tribune)

4 Jul 2008

The Southwestern Archaeological Research Inc. recently completed an underwater remote sensing survey of the Garapan and Tanapag lagoons on the western coast of Saipan and results show that the island has the means to develop underwater interpretive trail.