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Launch Date
8/22/2018
Launch Site
CSG ZLV
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Launch Vehicle
Vega 1 (Vega Family)
The original Aeolus mission was built by Airbus Defence and Space and was deorbited in early 2023.
Aeolus will operate in a 320-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Airbus UK teams built and designed the Aeolus wind-sensing satellite.
A breakdown in communication between the European Space Agency and SpaceX occurred in the days leading up to the September 2019 close approach between Aeolus and a Starlink satellite.
Teledyne e2v Space Imaging, part of Teledyne Technologies, designed and built sensors for the Aeolus satellite.
The LeoLabs press release about ESA's Aeolus assisted reentry was issued from Menlo Park, California on 2023-08-14.
LeoLabs received ephemeris data from ESA Mission Control prior to and after each de-orbit maneuver for Aeolus.
ESA and Airbus shipped the Aeolus satellite from Europe to French Guiana by boat instead of by plane to avoid damage from air pressure variations.
The safest option determined for Aeolus was to increase its altitude to pass over the SpaceX satellite.
The Aeolus satellite performed a maneuver to avoid a potential close approach to Starlink 44.
KSAT has supported the Aeolus mission since its launch in 2018 with X-band acquisition from the Svalbard and Troll ground stations.
LeoLabs provided tracking of the European Space Agency's Aeolus satellite during its semi-controlled reentry in July 2023.