Cluster's Last Stand: Aberystwyth Scientist Marks Demise of Pioneering Space Mission
September 07, 2024
September 07, 2024
CEREDIGION, Wales, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Aberystwyth University issued the following news:
A multi-spacecraft mission, which has helped scientists around the globe to better understand and predict space weather, will come to an end on Sunday (8 September) after almost 25 years.
Salsa, the first of the European Space Agency's Cluster satellites will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific.
Not much of the 550kg satellite is expected to endure wi . . .
A multi-spacecraft mission, which has helped scientists around the globe to better understand and predict space weather, will come to an end on Sunday (8 September) after almost 25 years.
Salsa, the first of the European Space Agency's Cluster satellites will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific.
Not much of the 550kg satellite is expected to endure wi . . .