Aeolus was launched in 2018 as an ESA Earth Explorer research mission to profile Earth’s winds.
Aeolus was launched in 2018 on a mission that was originally planned to last three years to demonstrate a lidar’s ability to measure wind speeds globally.
KSAT processed, archived, and distributed Aeolus downloaded data and supported the delivery of well over 99% of Aeolus data to users in near-real time.
Since 2018, Aeolus satellite observations have been used to improve weather forecasts and climate models.
Teledyne e2v Space Imaging designed and built sensors for the Aeolus satellite.
The European Space Agency performed an assisted decommissioning of the now-retired Aeolus satellite to demonstrate responsible end-of-mission practices and reduce on-orbit space debris.
Since 2018, data from Aeolus satellite observations have been used to improve weather forecasts and climate models.
Teledyne e2v Space Imaging, part of Teledyne Technologies, designed and built sensors for the Aeolus satellite.
Aeolus is a 1360-kg satellite operated by the European Space Agency.
The preparatory work will enable the EUMETSAT Council to decide by mid-2025 whether to proceed with the EPS-Aeolus and EPS-Sterna programs.
EUMETSAT plans to procure a recurrent Aeolus satellite to provide more than 10 years of observations.
The European Space Agency launched the Aeolus Doppler wind lidar mission in 2018.
Airbus UK teams built and designed the Aeolus wind-sensing satellite.
The European Space Agency’s Aeolus satellite executed collision-avoidance maneuvers in low Earth orbit in September 2019 due to a close pass by a SpaceX Starlink satellite.
The European Space Agency shifted the orbit of its Aeolus spacecraft to avoid a close approach to a SpaceX Starlink satellite.
Experts in ESA's Space Debris team calculated the risk of collision between the Aeolus and the Starlink satellites.
The Aeolus satellite performed a maneuver to avoid a potential close approach to Starlink 44.
The safest option determined for Aeolus was to increase its altitude to pass over the SpaceX satellite.
The European Space Agency maneuvered its Aeolus Earth science satellite on September 2, 2019 to avoid a potential collision with a SpaceX Starlink satellite.
The probability of collision between the Aeolus and the Starlink satellite exceeded the decision threshold, prompting ESA to prepare a maneuver.