The Cassini space probe was deliberately disposed of via a controlled fall into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15, 2017. Cassini-Huygens by the numbers and mosaic photo.

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  1. Would it have burned up completely, or is there pieces floating where the density of Saturn atmosphere equals out those pieces?