Europe's trailblazing wind satellite comes to a fiery end above Earth
The European Space Agency's weather monitoring spacecraft Aeolus came to a fiery end on Friday, July 28, when it entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up.
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The European Space Agency's weather monitoring spacecraft Aeolus came to a fiery end on Friday, July 28, when it entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up.
A defunct weather monitoring satellite has performed an assisted crash into the Atlantic Ocean in a historic manoeuvre, the European Space Agency has said.
A British-built weather-monitoring satellite has been deliberately crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first time a satellite has been guided t...
Paris (ESA) Jul 28, 2023 - Aeolus - ESA's wind mission - reentered Earth's atmosphere on 28 July at around 21:00 CEST above Antarctica, confirmed by US Space Command. The reentry comes after a series of complex manoeuvr