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Voyager 1 Titan Flyby Trajectory

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1980

Charley Kohlhase12 November 1980

Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science / Astronomy

Mission design directs Voyager 1 close to Titan, a gravity assist that sends the spacecraft out of the planetary plane.

Names involved

Charley Kohlhase

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