Aeolus' mission was novel in and of itself, since that had never been done before, and the satellite was praised throughout its time in orbit for the ways in which it improved weather forecasting.

Since the first days of the space program, astronauts wear a special patch specific to each mission. A small North Carolina company has designed them all since the Apollo lunar launches.

Aeolus is the latest weather-watching mission from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Earth Explorers program. After more than 16 years of development and a 12-day journey across an ocean, ...

Aeolus' demise may pave the way for similar efforts in the future. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently performed an assisted/semi-controlled descent of its retired Aeolus, a wind-studying ...

The Aeolus mission was planned in the late 1990s, when there were no guidelines about reentries. At the time, Aeolus was designed to fall on an area of Earth that would be quite random.

Aeolus wind mission heads for test and launch. Published. 18 January 2017. ... Aeolus is leaving Stevenage for Toulouse where it will be tested to ensure it can handle the vibration and noise it ...

It has been 16 years in the making but Europe's transformative Aeolus mission is now ready to fly. ... Aeolus should pave the way for operational weather satellites with lasers; ...

After almost five years of operation, the Doppler wind lidar instrument ALADIN on board Aeolus was shut down on July 5, 2023. Having exceeded its planned three-year-lifetime by 18 months, the ...

New Aeolus Mission Will Use a Laser to Monitor Earth's Winds (Video) News. By Doris Elin Urrutia published 20 July 2018 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

After more than 16 years of development and a 12-day journey across an ocean, the European Space Agency's newest wind-monitoring satellite will finally launch next month. A new video shows how the ...