The only satellite to measure the globe’s wind profile from space, Aeolus, has concluded its mission and returned to Earth through a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry on Friday, July 28. The satellite exceeded its mission by two years since its launch in 2018, and with limited propellant left over, ground teams were able to lower the spacecraft to an altitude of 120 kilometers before reentering the Earth’s atmosphere on its own. The US Space Command confirmed the satellite’s reentry occurred around 9:00 PM CEST (19:00 UTC) above Antarctica, exactly where ESA hoped Aeolus would be.
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Arianespace suffers failure on first operational Vega-C mission
by Lee KanayamaArianespace has suffered a failure during Vega-Consolidation’s (Vega-C) first operational launch, which was set to…
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ESA launches upgraded Vega-C rocket on first mission
by Ian AtkinsonVega-C, the newest iteration of the European Vega rocket, has launched on its debut flight,…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket launched on its third mission of the year with the Capacité de…
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Earth observation satellite and secondary payloads launched on Arianespace Vega
The Vega rocket conducted its nineteenth launch of Europe’s small lift vehicle, the second Vega…
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Arianespace launches Vega’s return to flight with rideshare mission
After a five month grounding, Vega returned to flight following a launch failure in November…
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Arianespace suffered another issue with its Vega rocket during the launch of two Earth observation…
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After a lengthy grounding following a failed launch in July 2019, the closure of the…
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Arianespace return to Vega launch preparations following two month pause
by Lee KanayamaArianespace has resumed the launch campaign for the Vega’s return to flight. After being on…
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Arianespace has announced that the launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center will resume soon.…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket is on track to conduct its Return To Flight (RTF) mission in…
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Last Sunday (October 6th) the annual ESA-ESTEC open house day was held on the grounds…
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Inquiry finds Vega failed after violent event during early second stage flight
by Chris BerginArianespace has published the findings from an Independent Inquiry Commission tasked with analyzing the failure…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket failed during the launch of the Falcon Eye-1 spacecraft for the United…
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Arianespace’s future ambitions in the launch services market will be focused on two new launch…
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Italy’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite launched aboard Arianespace’s Vega rocket Thursday. Vega lifted off from…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket launched the second Moroccan remote-sensing satellite, Mohammed VI-B (MN35-B) 0 building on…
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Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket has deployed the European Space Agency’s Aeolus climate science satellite Wednesday…
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Europe’s Vega rocket has conducted its eleventh launch Tuesday, deploying Morocco’s Mohammed VI – A…
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Arianespace’s small launcher, the Vega rocket, successfully conducted the launch of the VENµS and OPTSAT…