On April 16, 2008, NASA announced a two-year extension of the funding for ground operations of this mission, at which point it was renamed the Cassini Equinox Mission.
在2008年4月16日，NASA宣布再投資兩年這項任務在地面所需的經費，同時更改任務名稱為卡西尼分點任務（Cassini Equinox Mission）。