Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee
Wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes have forced the evacuation of thousands of people as flames have spread from the island?s mountainous region to the coast. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 ...
Simulating Aeolus?s demise: a bird?s...
Aeolus?s mission is over, but weather forecasting is improved forever, and a new precedent has been set for safe satellite reentries. The trailblazing Earth Explorer returned through our atmosphere ...
Right on track: Aeolus reentry map
Pinpointing the exact location where Aeolus reentered our atmosphere is not easy, as no one was there to witness it. "? and that?s exactly what we wanted," explains Mission Manager Tommaso ...
Aeolus control team wraps up...
The Aeolus Mission Control Team in Germany is now wrapping up after a long week of complex operations. They have done everything they planned in what is a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. ...
Webb and Gaia welcome Euclid to L2
In the month after its launch on 1 July, Euclid has travelled 1.5 million kilometres from Earth towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, meaning it has ?arrived? at its destination orbit.This ...
Replay: Aeolus reentry media briefing
After completing its mission in orbit, ESA?s wind mission Aeolus will soon reenter Earth's atmosphere. Currently orbiting 320 km above, Aeolus is being kept in orbit with its remaining fuel. This ...
Journey back to Earth: Aeolus'...
ESA?s wind mission Aeolus is coming home. After five years of improving weather forecasts, the satellite will return in a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. At ESA?s Space Operations Centre in ...
Aeolus reentry: the breakdown
After a remarkable life in orbit, Aeolus is out of fuel and out of time ? it?s returning to Earth this week. Planned and built before any regulations were put in place on ?end-of-life? disposal, the ...
