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When and where will Europe's Aeolus wind satellite fall to Earth this week?


When and where will Europe's Aeolus wind satellite fall to Earth this week? A European satellite is making a first-of-its kind return to Earth this week. The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently guiding its Aeolus wind-studying satellite down for a controlled destruction in Earth's atmosphere. This strategy is a major shift for Aeolus, whose original end-of-life plan called for an unguided fall. It's also a milestone moment in spaceflight: No satellite has been deorbited in such an "assisted" fashion before, according to ESA. (Such maneuvers are common for rocket stages, which often steer themselves to safe reentries over the open ocean.)   More



(Source: Space.com - Jul 27)