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Old 17-09-2017, 09:28 PM
glend (Glen)
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As NASA pointed out in the Live Feed, there could be no burning up of Cassini as there is no oxygen in the atmosphere to support combustion. Signal loss occured at 1000 miles above the cloud top, and the vehicle would break up and be vapourised by atmo friction. The only observable evidence might be an infrared flare if you were imaging in IR at that time.
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