Space probe flybys: Closest approach data

Space Probe Flybys: Closest Approach Data

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
18 January 2006

Space probes which have made flybys:

probe (nation)	launch	body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
Luna 1 (USSR)	2 Jan 1959	Moon	Jan 1959		7,693	5,955	failed lunar impact (Jane's, Wilson)
Pioneer 4 (USA)	3 Mar 1959	Moon	Mar 1959			59,983	(Jane's)
Luna 3 (USSR)	4 Oct 1959	Moon	6 Oct 1959	14:16	7,900	6,200	(Wilson)
Venera 1 (USSR)	12 Feb 1961	VENUS	20 May 1961			99,800	failed impact attempt (Jane's, Wilson)
Ranger 3 (USA)	26 Jan 1962	Moon	28 Jan 1962	23:23		36,785	failed lunar impact (Wilson)
Mariner 2 (USA)	27 Aug 1962	VENUS	14 Dec 1962			34,827	(Wilson)
Ranger 5 (USA)	18 Oct 1962	Moon	21 Oct 1962			724	failed lunar impact (Jane's, Wilson)
Mars 1 (USSR)	1 Nov 1962	MARS	19 Jun 1963		196,000	193,000	contact lost before flyby (Jane's, Wilson)
Luna 4 (USSR)	2 Apr 1963	Moon	6 Apr 1963		10,267	8,529	failed lunar landing (Jane's, Wilson)
Zond 1 (USSR)	2 Apr 1964	VENUS	19 Jul 1964			100,000	contact lost before flyby (Jane's)
Mariner 4 (USA)	28 Nov 1964	MARS	15 Jul 1965	01:01		9,844	(Jane's, Wilson)
Zond 2 (USSR)	30 Nov 1964	MARS	6 Aug 1964			1,500	contact lost before flyby (Jane's)
Luna 6 (USSR)	8 Jun 1965	Moon	11 Jun 1963		163,000	161,000	failed (Jane's, Wilson)
Zond 3 (USSR)	18 Jul 1965	Moon	20 Jul 1965	02:00		9,220	(Wilson)
Venera 2 (USSR)	12 Nov 1965	VENUS	27 Feb 1966			23,810	contact lost before flyby (Jane's)
Mariner 5 (USA)	14 Jun 1967	VENUS	19 Oct 1967	17:34:56		3,990	(Jane's, Wilson)
Zond 5 (USSR)	14 Sep 1968	Moon	18 Sep 1968			1,950	(Jane's)
Zond 6 (USSR)	10 Nov 1968	Moon	14 Nov 1968			2,420	(Jane's)
Mariner 6 (USA)	25 Feb 1969	MARS	31 Jul 1969	05:19		3,412	(Jane's, Wilson)
Mariner 7 (USA)	27 Mar 1969	MARS	5 Aug 1969	05:00:49		3,524	(Jane's, Wilson)
Zond 7 (USSR)	7 Aug 1969	Moon	11 Aug 1969			2,000	(Jane's)
Zond 8 (USSR)	20 Oct 1970	Moon	24 Oct 1970			1,120	(Jane's)
Pioneer 10 (USA)	3 Mar 1972	multiple flybys--see table below
Pioneer 11 (USA)	5 Apr 1973	multiple flybys--see table below
Mars 4 (USSR)	21 Jul 1973	MARS	10 Feb 1974			2,200	failed to enter orbit (Jane's)
Mars 6 (USSR)	5 Aug 1973	MARS	12 Mar 1974				deployed lander (Jane's)
Mars 7 (USSR)	9 Aug 1973	MARS	9 Mar 1974			1,300	failed Mars landing (Jane's)
Mariner 10 (USA)	4 Nov 1973	multiple flybys--see table below
Centaur AC-34 (USA)	4 Nov 1973	VENUS	5 Feb 1974			45,000	upper stage for Mariner 10 (McDowell)
Voyager 2 (USA)	20 Aug 1977	multiple flybys--see table below
Voyager 1 (USA)	5 Sep 1977	multiple flybys--see table below
ISEE 3/ICE (USA)	12 Aug 1978	multiple flybys--see table below
Venera 11 (USSR)	9 Sep 1978	VENUS	25 Dec 1978			35,000	(Wilson)
Venera 12 (USSR)	14 Sep 1978	VENUS	21 Dec 1978			35,000	(Wilson)
Venera 13 (USSR)	30 Oct 1981	VENUS	1 Mar 1982			36,000	(Wilson)
Venera 14 (USSR)	4 Nov 1981	VENUS	5 Mar 1982			36,000	(Wilson)
Vega 1 (USSR)	15 Dec 1984	multiple flybys--see table below
Vega 2 (USSR)	21 Dec 1984	multiple flybys--see table below
Sakigake (Japan)	7 Jan 1985	multiple flybys--see table below
Giotto (ESA)	2 Jul 1985	multiple flybys--see table below
Suisei (Japan)	18 Aug 1985	1P/Halley	8 Mar 1986	13:06	151,000	151,000	(Wilson)
Galileo (USA)	18 Oct 1989	multiple flybys--see table below
Ulysses (ESA/USA)	6 Oct 1990	multiple flybys--see table below
NEAR Shoemaker (USA)	17 Feb 1996	multiple flybys--see table below
Cassini (USA/ESA)	15 Oct 1997	multiple flybys--see table below
Deep Space 1 (USA)	24 Oct 1998	multiple flybys--see table below
Stardust (USA)	7 Feb 1999	multiple flybys--see table below
Genesis (USA)	8 Aug 2001	multiple flybys--see table below
Deep Impact (USA)	12 Jan 2005	9P/Tempel 1	4 Jul 2005			500	delivered impactor probe (McDowell)

Pioneer 10 (USA)
Launch: 3 Mar 1972

body	date	time	altitude (km)	notes and source
JUPITER	4 Dec 1973	02:25	130,300	(Jane's)
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto

Pioneer 11 (USA)
Launch: 5 Apr 1973

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
JUPITER	3 Dec 1974	17:22		42,940	(Jane's)
SATURN	1 Sep 1979			20,800	(Jane's)
Janus	1 Sep 1979	14:52	2,500	2,500	(McDowell)
Mimas	1 Sep 1979	16:20	103,000	103,000	(McDowell)

Mariner 10 (USA)
Launch: 4 Nov 1973

body	date	time	altitude (km)	notes and source
VENUS	5 Feb 1974	17:01	5,768	(Wilson)
MERCURY	29 Mar 1974	20:47	703	(Wilson)
MERCURY	21 Sep 1974	20:59	48,069	(Wilson)
MERCURY	16 Mar 1975	22:39	327	(Wilson)

Voyager 2 (USA)
Launch: 20 Aug 1977

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes
Callisto	8 Jul 1979		214,930	212,530	(NASA)
Ganymede	9 Jul 1979		62,130	59,500	(NASA)
Europa	9 Jul 1979		205,720	204,150	(NASA)
Io	9 Jul 1979		1,129,900	1,128,100	(NASA)
Amalthea	9 Jul 1979		558,370	558,300	(NASA)
JUPITER	9 Jul 1979	22:29:51	721,670		(JPL, NASA)
SATURN	26 Aug 1981	03:24:57	161,000		(JPL, NASA)
Atlas	26 Aug 1981		287,000	287,000	(NASA)
Prometheus	26 Aug 1981		247,000	247,000	(NASA)
Pandora	26 Aug 1981		107,000	107,000	(NASA)
Epimetheus	26 Aug 1981		147,000	147,000	(NASA)
Janus	26 Aug 1981		223,000	223,000	(NASA)
Mimas	26 Aug 1981		309,930	309,730	(NASA)
Enceladus	26 Aug 1981	03:45	87,006	86,754	(NASA, McDowell)
Tethys	25 Aug 1981	06:12	93,000	92,474	(NASA, McDowell)
Telesto	26 Aug 1981		270,000	270,000	(NASA)
Calypso	26 Aug 1981		151,590	151,580	(NASA)
Dione	26 Aug 1981		502,310	501,750	(NASA)
Helene	25 Aug 1981		314,090	314,070	(NASA)
Rhea	26 Aug 1981		645,260	644,490	(NASA)
Titan	24 Aug 1981		666,190	663,610	(NASA)
Hyperion	24 Aug 1981		431,370	431,200	(NASA)
Iapetus	22 Aug 1981		908,680	907,950	(NASA)
Phoebe	4 Sep 1981		2,075,640	2,075,530	(NASA)
URANUS	24 Jan 1986	17:59:47	107,000		(JPL, NASA)
Miranda	24 Jan 1986		29,000	29,000	(NASA)
Ariel	24 Jan 1986		127,000	126,000	(NASA)
Umbriel	24 Jan 1986		325,000	324,000	(NASA)
Titania	24 Jan 1986		365,200	364,400	(NASA)
Oberon	24 Jan 1986		470,600	469,800	(NASA)
NEPTUNE	25 Aug 1989	03:56:36	29,240	5,016	(JPL, NASA, Jane's)
Larissa	25 Aug 1989		60,180	60,080	(NASA)
Proteus	25 Aug 1989		97,860	97,660	(NASA)
Triton	25 Aug 1989		39,790	38,437.5	(NASA, Jane's)
Nereid	25 Aug 1989		4,652,880	4,652,710	(NASA)

Voyager 1 (USA)
Launch: 5 Sep 1977

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
Amalthea	5 Mar 1979		420,200	420,100	(NASA)
JUPITER	5 Mar 1979	12:04:36	348,890		(NASA)
Io	5 Mar 1979		20,570	18,750	(NASA)
Europa	5 Mar 1979		733,760	732,190	(NASA)
Ganymede	6 Mar 1979?	02:35?	114,710	112,080	(NASA, Wilson)
Callisto	6 Mar 1979	17:50	126,400	124,000	(NASA, Wilson)
Rhea	12 Nov 1980	06:21	73,990	73,216	(NASA, McDowell)
Titan	12 Nov 1980	05:40	6,490	3,915	(NASA, McDowell)
SATURN	12 Nov 1980	23:46:30	184,300		(JPL, NASA)
Pandora	12 Nov 1980		270,000	270,000	(NASA)
Janus	12 Nov 1980		297,000	297,000	(NASA)
Enceladus	12 Nov 1980		202,040	201,780	(NASA)
Tethys	12 Nov 1980		415,670	415,140	(NASA)
Telesto	12 Nov 1980		233,000	233,000	(NASA)
Dione	12 Nov 1980		161,520	160,960	(NASA)
Atlas	12-13 Nov 1980		219,000	219,000	(NASA)
Prometheus	12-13 Nov 1980		300,000	300,000	(NASA)
Mimas	13 Nov 1980	01:42	88,430	88,231	(NASA, McDowell)
Epimetheus	13 Nov 1980		121,000	121,000	(NASA)
Calypso	13 Nov 1980		432,000	432,000	(NASA)
Helene	13 Nov 1980		237,000	237,000	(NASA)
Hyperion	13 Nov 1980		880,440	880,300	(NASA)
Iapetus	14 Nov 1980		2,470,000	2,469,000	(NASA)

ISEE 3/ICE
Launch: 12 Aug 1978

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
Moon	30 Mar 1983			19,570	primarily for gravity assist (Wilson)
Moon	23 Apr 1983			21,137	primarily for gravity assist (Wilson)
Moon	27 Sep 1983			22,790	primarily for gravity assist (Wilson)
Moon	21 Oct 1983			17,440	primarily for gravity assist (Wilson)
Moon	22 Dec 1983	18:45		120	primarily for gravity assist (Wilson)
21P/Giacobini-Zinner	11 Sep 1985	11:02		7,862	(Wilson)
1P/Halley	28 Mar 1986		40,200,000	40,200,000	(Jane's)

Vega 1 (USSR)
Launch: 15 Dec 1984

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
VENUS	11 Jun 1985			39,000	(Wilson)
1P/Halley	6 Mar 1986	07:20:06		8,890	(Wilson)

Vega 2 (USSR)
Launch: 21 Dec 1984

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
VENUS	15 Jun 1985			24,500	(Wilson)
1P/Halley	9 Mar 1986	07:20		8,030	(Wilson)

Sakigake
Launch: 7 Jan 1985

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
1P/Halley	11 Mar 1986	04:18	6,990,000	6,990,000	(Wilson)
45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova	11 Feb 1996		10,000	10,000	(McDowell)

Giotto
Launch: 2 Jul 1985

body	date	time	altitude (km)	notes and source
1P/Halley	14 Mar 1986	00:03:01.8	596	(Jane's)
EARTH	2 Jul 1990	10:01:18	22,730	primarily for gravity assist (Jane's)
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup	10 Jul 1992	15:30:56	200	(Jane's)

Galileo (USA)
Launch: 18 Oct 1989
Entered orbit around Jupiter:

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
VENUS	10 Feb 1990	05:58:48		16,106	primarily for gravity assist (Jane's)
EARTH	8 Dec 1990	20:34:34		960	primarily for gravity assist (Jane's)
(951) Gaspra	29 Oct 1991	22:37			(Jane's)
Moon	8 Dec 1992	03:58		110,000	(Jane's)
EARTH	8 Dec 1992	15:09:25		303.1	primarily for gravity assist (Jane's)
(243) Ida	28 Aug 1993	165205		2400	(Belton et ali)
Europa	7 Dec 1995	13:09		32,500	(JPL)
Io	7 Dec 1995	17:45:58		897.3	(Jup)
JUPITER	7 Dec 1995	21:54		214,000	(JPL)
Ganymede	27 Jun 1996	06:29:06.7		835.0	(JPL)
Callisto	27 Jun 1996	13:13	1,040,000		(JPL)
JUPITER	28 Jun 1996	00:31	789,000	718,000	(JPL, JPL)
Europa	28 Jun 1996	01:22	156,000		(JPL)
Io	28 Jun 1996	18:28	697,000		(JPL)
Ganymede	6 Sep 1996	18:59:34		261.4	(JPL, Jup)
Io	7 Sep 1996	05:25	441,000		(JPL)
JUPITER	7 Sep 1996	13:37	762,000	691,000	(JPL)
Europa	7 Sep 1996	17:06	673,000		(JPL)
Callisto	8 Sep 1996	10:24	424,000		(JPL)
Callisto	4 Nov 1996	13:34:28		1,135.9	(JPL, Jup)
Io	6 Nov 1996	12:05	441,000		(JPL)
JUPITER	6 Nov 1996	13:31	658,000	587,000	(JPL)
Europa	6 Nov 1996	18:43		31,947	(JPL)
Ganymede	7 Nov 1996	04:49	1,050,000		(JPL)
Io	18 Dec 1996	21:37	321,000		(JPL)
JUPITER	19 Dec 1996	03:22	655,000	584,000	(JPL)
Europa	19 Dec 1996	06:52:58		692.1	(JPL, Jup)
Ganymede	19 Dec 1996	20:13	792,000		(JPL)
Callisto	20 Dec 1996	13:33	1,490,000		(JPL)
Ganymede	19 Jan 1997	09:36	1,150,000		(JPL)
JUPITER	20 Jan 1997	16:28	646,000	575,000	(JPL)
Europa	20 Jan 1997	17:12		27,419	(JPL)
Callisto	21 Jan 1997	20:18	600,000		(JPL)
Io	22 Jan 1997	01:25	1,470,000		(JPL)
Europa	20 Feb 1997	17:06:10		586.3	(JPL, Jup)
JUPITER	4 Apr 1997	11:04	650,000	580,000	(JPL)
Europa	4 Apr 1997			23,244	(JPL)
Ganymede	5 Apr 1997	07:09:58		3,101.9	(JPL, Jup)
Callisto	6 May 1997			33,499	(JPL)
Ganymede	7 May 1997	15:56:10		1,603.2	(JPL, Jup)
JUPITER	8 May 1997	11:42	660,000	590,000	(JPL)
Callisto	25 Jun 1997	13:47:50		418.1	(JPL, Jup)
Ganymede	26 Jun 1997	17:19:35		79,961	(JPL, Jup)
JUPITER	27 Jun 1997	11:52	770,000	700,000	(JPL)
Callisto	17 Sep 1997	00:18:55		535.3	(JPL, Jup)
JUPITER	18 Sep 1997	23:10	660,000	590,000	(JPL)
Europa	6 Nov 1997	20:31:44		2,043.3	(JPL, Jup)
JUPITER	7 Nov 1997	00:42	650,000	580,000	(JPL)
Ganymede	15 Dec 1997	09:58:09		14,400	(Jup)
Europa	16 Dec 1997	12:04:23		200.9	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	10 Feb 1998				(JPL)
Europa	29 Mar 1998	13:21:05		1,644.1	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	31 May 1998	21:12:56		2,514.5	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	21 Jul 1998	05:03:44		1,834.2	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	26 Sep 1998	03:54:20		3,582.4	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	22 Nov 1998	11:38:26		2,270.8	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	1 Feb 1999	02:19:50		1,439.4	(JPL, Jup)
Callisto	5 May 1999	13:56:18		1,321.4	(JPL, Jup)
Callisto	30 Jun 1999	07:46:50		1,048.1	(JPL, Jup)
Callisto	14 Aug 1999	08:30:52		2,299.3	(JPL, Jup)
Callisto	16 Sep 1999	17:27:02		1,052.4	(JPL, Jup)
Io	11 Oct 1999	04:33:03		611.3	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	25 Nov 1999	16:29:05		8,600	(Jup)
Io	26 Nov 1999	04:05:21		300.5	(JPL, Jup)
Europa	3 Jan 2000	17:59:43		348.4	(Jup)
Io	22 Feb 2000	13:46:41		2,013	(Jup)
Ganymede	20 May 2000	10:10:10		808.7	(Jup)
Ganymede	28 Dec 2000	08:25:27		2,337.5	(McDowell, Jup)
JUPITER	23 May 2001		530,000	460,000	(JPL)
Callisto	25 May 2001	11:23:58		131.9	(JPL, Jup)
Io	6 Aug 2001	04:59:20		196.7	(Planetary Society, Jup)
Io	16 Oct 2001	01:23:20		182.4	(Jup)
Io	17 Jan 2002	14:08:23		103.2	(Jup)
Amalthea	5 Nov 2002	06:18:40		162.9	(JPL, Jup)

Ulysses (ESA/USA)
Launch: 6 Oct 1990
Entered solar orbit:

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
JUPITER	8 Feb 1992		380,000	310,000	primarily for gravity assist (Jane's)
SUN

NEAR Shoemaker
Launch: 17 Feb 1996
Entered orbit around (433) Eros: 14 Feb 2000

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
(253) Mathilde	27 June 1997	12:55:54.5	1,212	1,188	(Veverka)
EARTH	22 Jan 1998			478	primarily for gravity assist (NSSDC)
(433) Eros	23 Dec 1998	18:41:23	3,827	3,820	(Yeomans)

Cassini/Huygens
Launch: 15 Oct 1997
Entered orbit around Saturn:

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
VENUS	26 Apr 1998			284	primarily for gravity assist (Cassini)
VENUS	24 Jun 1999			600	primarily for gravity assist (Cassini)
EARTH	18 Aug 1999			1,166	primarily for gravity assist (Cassini)
(2685) Masursky	23 Jan 2000		1,600,000	1,600,000	(Cassini)
Himalia	18 Dec 2000			4,440,000	(Porco)
JUPITER	30 Dec 2000	10:05		9,720,000	primarily for gravity assist (Porco)
Phoebe	11 Jun 2004	19:03	2,170	2,068	(McDowell)
Polydeuces	30 Jun 2004			68,000	(Cassini)
Calypso	30 Jun 2004	22:27		52,080	(McDowell)
Methone	1 Jul 2004			51,000	(Cassini)
Mimas	1 Jul 2004	00:31	76,600	76,400	(McDowell)
Pandora	1 Jul 2004	01:17		89,850	(McDowell)
Janus	1 Jul 2004	01:52		67,800	(McDowell)
SATURN	1 Jul 2004			78,000	(Cassini)
Prometheus	1 Jul 2004	03:58		107,400	(McDowell)
Pan	1 Jul 2004			58,000	(Cassini)
Titan	26 Oct 2004	15:30		1,174	(McDowell)
SATURN	28 Oct 2004			374,000	(Cassini)
Titan	13 Dec 2004	11:38		1,200	(McDowell)
Dione	15 Dec 2004	01:44		72,500	(McDowell)
Mimas	15 Dec 2004	05:01	107,700	107,500	(McDowell)
SATURN	15 Dec 2004			290,000	(Cassini)
Iapetus	1 Jan 2005	01:37		123,400	(McDowell)
Titan	14 Jan 2005	11:12		60,000	(McDowell)
Methone	16 Jan 2005			113,000	(Cassini)
Mimas	16 Jan 2005	06:08		108,000	(McDowell)
SATURN	16 Jan 2005			290,000	(Cassini)
Pallene	16 Jan 2005			91,000	(Cassini)
Titan	15 Feb 2005	06:58		1,577	(McDowell)
Pandora	16 Feb 2005	23:04		102,600	(McDowell)
Epimetheus	17 Feb 2005	00:11		73,500	(McDowell)
Atlas	17 Feb 2005	00:24		77,000	(McDowell)
Calypso	17 Feb 2005			83,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	17 Feb 2005			211,000	(Cassini)
Enceladus	17 Feb 2005	03:30		1,176	(McDowell)
Polydeuces	17 Feb 2005			6,189	(McDowell)
Helene	9 Mar 2005	04:34		74,500	(McDowell)
Enceladus	9 Mar 2005	09:08		504	(McDowell)
Atlas	9 Mar 2005	11:29		73,800	(McDowell)
SATURN	9 Mar 2005			211,000	(Cassini)
Tethys	9 Mar 2005	11:55		82,500	(McDowell)
Tethys	29 Mar 2005	18:47		109,200	(McDowell)
Enceladus	29 Mar 2005	20:34		55,600	(McDowell)
Pallene	29 Mar 2005			31,000	(Cassini)
Atlas	29 Mar 2005	22:02		97,400	(McDowell)
Epimetheus	29 Mar 2005	23:25		62,100	(McDowell)
SATURN	29 Mar 2005			211,000	(Cassini)
Methone	30 Mar 2005			53,000	(Cassini)
Telesto	30 Mar 2005			75,000	(Cassini)
Polydeuces	30 Mar 2005			104,000	(Cassini)
Titan	31 Mar 2005	20:05		2,402	(McDowell)
Pallene	14 Apr 2005			119,000	(Cassini)
Methone	14 Apr 2005			51,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	14 Apr 2005			157,000	(Cassini)
Epimetheus	15 Apr 2005	00:15		46,000	(McDowell)
Mimas	15 Apr 2005	01:26		82,600	(McDowell)
Calypso	15 Apr 2005	04:22		70,470	(McDowell)
Titan	16 Apr 2005	19:11		1,025	(McDowell)
Helene	2 May 2005	19:20		114,200	(McDowell)
Tethys	2 May 2005	21:48		51,800	(McDowell)
Epimetheus	2 May 2005	23:03		118,500	(McDowell)
SATURN	3 May 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Telesto	3 May 2005			108,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	21 May 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Atlas	21 May 2005	06:30		99,700	(McDowell)
Prometheus	21 May 2005	06:48		107,400	(McDowell)
Enceladus	21 May 2005	08:15		102,100	(McDowell)
Pallene	8 Jun 2005			65,000	(Cassini)
Calypso	8 Jun 2005	10:25		97,810	(McDowell)
SATURN	8 Jun 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Pan	26 Jun 2005			95,000	(Cassini)
Telesto	26 Jun 2005			87,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	26 Jun 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Prometheus	14 Jul 2005			122,000	(Cassini)
Enceladus	14 Jul 2005			200	(Cassini)
Methone	14 Jul 2005			37,000	(Cassini)
Epimetheus	14 Jul 2005			77,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	14 Jul 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Mimas	2 Aug 2005			63,000	(Cassini)
Prometheus	2 Aug 2005			85,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	2 Aug 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Calypso	2 Aug 2005			106,000	(Cassini)
Tethys	20 Aug 2005			123,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	20 Aug 2005			217,000	(Cassini)
Telesto	20 Aug 2005			105,000	(Cassini)
Titan	22 Aug 2005			3,800	(Cassini)
Pandora	5 Sep 2005			51,000	(Cassini)
Prometheus	5 Sep 2005			103,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	5 Sep 2005			169,000	(Cassini)
Methone	5 Sep 2005			63,000	(Cassini)
Titan	7 Sep 2005			1,000	(Cassini)
Calypso	23 Sep 2005			91,000	(Cassini)
Mimas	23 Sep 2005			70,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	23 Sep 2005			181,000	(Cassini)
Prometheus	24 Sep 2005			98,000	(Cassini)
Tethys	24 Sep 2005			1,500	(Cassini)
Hyperion	26 Sep 2005			500	(Cassini)
Dione	11 Oct 2005			500	(Cassini)
Telesto	11 Oct 2005			10,000	(Cassini)
Pallene	11 Oct 2005			50,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	12 Oct 2005			181,000	(Cassini)
Atlas	12 Oct 2005			55,000	(Cassini)
Enceladus	12 Oct 2005			49,000	(Cassini)
Titan	28 Oct 2005			1,400	(Cassini)
Methone	29 Oct 2005			99,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	29 Oct 2005			278,000	(Cassini)
Calypso	30 Oct 2005			108,000	(Cassini)
Rhea	26 Nov 2005			500	(Cassini)
Enceladus	27 Nov 2005			108,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	27 Nov 2005			278,000	(Cassini)
Helene	27 Nov 2005			86,000	(Cassini)
Enceladus	24 Dec 2005			94,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	24 Dec 2005			278,000	(Cassini)
Pallene	24 Dec 2005			107,000	(Cassini)
Telesto	25 Dec 2005			19,000	(Cassini)
Helene	25 Dec 2005			75,000	(Cassini)
Titan	26 Dec 2005			10,400	(Cassini)
Titan	15 Jan 2006			2,000	(Cassini)
SATURN	17 Jan 2006			338,000	(Cassini)

Deep Space 1
Launch: 24 Oct 1998
Entered solar orbit:

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
(9969) Braille	29 Jul 1999	04:46		27	(DS1, McDowell)
19P/Borrelly	22 Sep 2001	22:30		2,171	(DS1, McDowell)

Stardust
Launch: 7 Feb 1999
Entered solar orbit:

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
EARTH	15 Jan 2001	11:14:28	11,077	3,706	primarily for gravity assist (Stardust, McDowell)
Moon	16 Jan 2001	02:00	101,000	98,000	(Stardust)
(5535) Annefrank	2 Nov 2002			3,300	(Stardust)
81P/Wild 2	2 Jan 2004			240	(Stardust)
Moon	14 Jan 2006	18:30			(McDowell)
EARTH	15 Jan 2006	10:00	6,629	258	successfully delivered Sample Return Capsule to Earth's surface (McDowell)

Genesis (USSR)
Launch: 8 Aug 2001

body	date	time	distance (km)	altitude (km)	notes and source
EARTH	8 Sep 2004				delivered capsule to Earth's surface (McDowell)
EARTH	6 Nov 2004			60,670	(McDowell)

Sources:

Belton, M. J. S., C. R. Chapman, J. Veverka, K. P. Klaasen, A. Harch, R. Greeley, R. Greenberg, J. W. Head III, A. McEwen, D. Morrison, P. C. Thomas, M. E. Davies, M. H. Carr, G. Neukum, F. P. Fanale, D. R. Davis, C. Anger, P. J. Gierasch, A. P. Ingersoll, C. B. Pilcher, "First Images of Asteroid 243 Ida", Science, 9 Sep 1994 (265:1543-1547).
Cassini, on line [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm].
Deep Space 1, on line [http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/].
"Galileo Highlights of Jupiter Orbital Tour 92-14a", Galileo, on line [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/tourhilites.html].
Jane's (ed. by Andrew Wilson), Jane's Space Directory, 1994-95, 10th ed., 1994, Jane's Information Group (Coulsdon, UK).
"Galileo Orbits and Satellite Encounters," in Jupiter, on line [http://dosxx.colorado.edu/JUPITER/CH1/satellite.table.pdf].
McDowell, Jonathan, "Deep Space Catalog", on line [http://www.planet4589.org/space/logs/deep/index.html].
McDowell, Jonathan, "Jonathan's Space Report", on line [http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/jsr.html].
Porco, Carolyn C., et ali, "Cassini Imaging of Jupiter's Atmosphere, Satellites, and Rings," Science, 7 Mar 2003 (299:1541-1547).
Stardust, on line [http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/].
Veverka, J., P. Thomas, A. Harch, B. Clark, J. F. Bell III, B. Carcich, J. Joseph, C. Chapman, W. Merline, M. Robinson, M. Malin, L. A. McFadden, S. Murchie, S. E. Hawkins III, R. Farquhar, N. Izenberg, A. Cheng, "NEAR's Flyby of 253 Mathilde: Images of a C Asteroid", Science, 19 Dec 1997 (278:2109-2113).
"Voyager 1 and 2 Hyperbolic Orbital Elements", Nov 1989, Voyager, on line [http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/science/hyperbolic.html).
"Voyager Mission Description", 19 Feb 1997, Planetary Data System, on line [http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/voyager/mission/mission.html].
Wilson, Andrew, Solar System Log, 1987, Jane's (London, UK).
Yeomans, D. K., P. G. Antreasian, A. Cheng, D. W. Dunham, R. W. Farquhar, R. W. Gaskell, J. D. Giorgini, C. E. Helfrich, A. S. Konopliv, J. V. McAdams, J. K. Miller, W. M. Owen Jr., P. C. Thomas, J. Veverka, B. G. Williams, "Estimating the Mass of Asteroid 433 Eros During the NEAR Spacecraft Flyby", Science, 23 Jul 1999 (285:560-561).