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Home Cassini mission controllers at NASA-JPL received signals from the spacecraft early Sunday morning (PST) that the maneuvers were completed successfully. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Cassini mission controllers at NASA-JPL received signals from the spacecraft early Sunday morning (PST) that the maneuvers were completed successfully. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Cassini mission controllers at NASA-JPL received signals from the spacecraft early Sunday morning (PST) that the maneuvers were completed successfully. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Cassini mission controllers at NASA-JPL received signals from the spacecraft early Sunday morning (PST) that the maneuvers were completed successfully. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Cassini mission controllers at NASA-JPL received signals from the spacecraft early Sunday morning (PST) that the maneuvers were completed successfully. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

This graphic shows the closest approaches of Cassini’s final two orbital phases. Ring-grazing orbits are shown in gray (at left); Grand Finale orbits are shown in blue. The orange line shows the spacecraft’s Sept. 2017 final plunge into Saturn. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)