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Aeolus Mission

completedLaunch 2018-066
Launched 8/22/2018LEOService CSat SSO D
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Aeolus
retired
Earth Observation
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
8/22/2018
Launch ID
2018-066
Launch Profile
Sat SSO D
Service Type
C
Customer Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
ArianeSpace
Launch Vehicle
Vega
Launch Site
Zone de Lancement Vega (Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise)GU
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
10
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Relativity Space will supply the spacecraft, launch vehicle, and cruise operations for the Aeolus mission to Mars.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Jun 19, 2026NASA, Relativity Space to Fly Atmospheric Science Instruments to Mars in 2028

Relativity Space will supply the spacecraft, launch vehicle, and cruise operations for the Aeolus mission.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 19, 2026NASA, Relativity Space to Fly Atmospheric Science Instruments to Mars in 2028

The Aeolus mission is scheduled to launch in 2028.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 19, 2026NASA, Relativity Space to Fly Atmospheric Science Instruments to Mars in 2028

Relativity Space will provide the spacecraft, rocket, and interplanetary flight operations for the Aeolus mission.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 18, 2026Private industry takes the wheel for new NASA mission to Mars

The Aeolus mission will provide the first daily global look at Martian winds, temperatures, dust, and clouds.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.5Jun 18, 2026Private industry takes the wheel for new NASA mission to Mars

Airbus Defence and Space built the original Aeolus mission and is considered a likely prime contractor for Aeolus-2 based on that prior work.

RelationshipsValue 3.5Feb 11, 2026La ESA se prepara para anunciar el contratista principal de Aeolus-2

Aeolus-2 is the planned operational successor to the original Aeolus mission.

PlanValue 2.5Feb 11, 2026La ESA se prepara para anunciar el contratista principal de Aeolus-2

The original Aeolus mission was built by Airbus Defence and Space and was deorbited in early 2023.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Feb 11, 2026La ESA se prepara para anunciar el contratista principal de Aeolus-2

KSAT has supported the Aeolus mission since its launch in 2018 with X-band acquisition from the Svalbard and Troll ground stations.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 11, 2023KSAT to support the historic assisted reentry of ESA’s Aeolus satellite

The Aeolus mission was originally envisioned to launch in 2007 after a manufacturing contract signed in 2003.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 22, 2018Arianespace Vega launches long-awaited Aeolus wind-mapping satellite