The European Space Agency carefully de-orbited its Aeolus satellite in July. Newly released images reveal its fiery, headlong descent.
Aeolus had been in orbit for nearly five years and had faithfully completed its mission of profiling the Earth's winds.
By the time mission control began executing the reentry plan on July 24, Aeolus had already been gradually falling from its operational orbit for several days. "Spacecraft operators are used to being in a dialogue with their missions, but debris can’t talk," said Benjam Bastida Virgili at ESA Space Debris Office, in the statement.
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