On September 8, the satellite will make a controlled reentry into Earth's atmosphere over the uninhabited South Pacific Ocean.
The European Space Agency is gearing up for the controlled reentry of its satellite called Salsa next month on September 8.
Lemmens further added: “There’s testing we can do on the ground, and we have virtual modelling, but we also need real-life observations right at the scene of a reentry to complete the picture. The observation experiment from a plane is an exciting new possibility for us to collect data and gain confidence in the modelling to support new missions.”Salsa satellite is part of the ESA Cluster mission, which includes a total of four satellites.
“For over two decades, Cluster has shown us time and time again how important the magnetosphere is in shielding us from theIt has watched the effects of solar storms to help us better understand and forecast space weather,” said Philippe Escoubet, Cluster Mission Manager. “This gives us the greatest possible control over where the spacecraft will be captured by the atmosphere and begin to burn up,” mentioned Bruno Sousa, Cluster Operations Manager, in theand rocket parts have reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the past seven decades, the exact details of this process remain elusive.
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