Aeolus to understand winds
At the Airbus Defence and Space facility in Toulouse, France, ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite has been prepared for its launch on top of a Vega rocket from Kourou in French Guiana. Liftoff is currently scheduled for August. The development of this latest Earth Explorer started 16 years ago and has now finished.
From orbit Aeolus will measure wind profiles on a global scale using a pioneering laser technology. These measurements will greatly benefit existing meteorological models and fill a gap in the observations of wind.
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Really cool, but why does it have to be on such a low orbit if it limits its lifetime so much?
send something with such instruments to Venus or Mars
If you want to launch a rocket, you need to start weather baloons to detect winds, right? Could Aeolus do that job from space?
Great work I’m very excited! How much more accurate do you think our forecasting could become from technology like Aeolus?
Awesome
3-Years lifespan? seems like a disappointment, already.
Great project by ESA. Well done.
Using optics is great knowing the pulses, how beautiful. Marverllous. More precision. Well done, ESA.
A Giant Leap!
The fact that Kim Kardashian gets more attention than this makes me have warm and positive thoughts about us.
Real warm feelings I have right now, gives me a lot of hope for humanity. ❤
Planned 97 degrees inclination, sun synchronous. So with a UV sensitive camera we should see it.
I'm shocked to see space technology on EU
Thanks all people they make our life better.